Whoever has glimpsed your qualities is forever changed;
your grace brings a fresh promise with every passing moment.
Our obedience will never measure up to your goodness,
yet in your presence we hold a different kind of hope.
Explanation: The poem contrasts the speaker's inadequate devotion with the boundless grace of the beloved or the divine, placing all trust in that grace rather than in personal merit.
Original · Persian
شمارهٔ ۲۰
آنرا که به اوصاف تو دید دگرست
از لطف تو هر لحظه نوید دگرست
با طاعت ما روی بهی نیست ولی
ما را به جناب تو امید دگرست