Number 6

RubāʿīIndian/Isfahani style
English

Number 6

Without a drop of your generosity, the whole sea is a mirage; without the light of your being, every flourishing place lies in ruin. All the world claims its existence only from you, the way a shadow claims it from the sun, a wave from the water.
Explanation: The poem addresses God, casting all creation as utterly dependent on the divine, like a shadow on the sun or a wave on water.

Original · Persian

شمارهٔ ۶

ای بی‌نم جود تو همه بحر سراب بی‌نور وجودت همه معموره خراب
عالم همه از تو لاف هستی زده‌اند چون سایه ز آفتاب و چون موج ز آب