Number 20

RubāʿīIndian/Isfahani style
English

Number 20

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