Number 18

RubāʿīIraqi style
English

Number 18

King of the world, no harm ever comes from you; you are wise of heart, learned, and your fortune is wide awake. I have fallen weak and worn at your doorstep's dust; out of your kindness, lift me up from the ground.
Explanation: The 'wakeful fortune' is a common Persian image for a person favored by luck and destiny.

Original · Persian

شمارهٔ ۱۸

ای شاه جهان،از تو نیاید آزار دانا دل و عالمی و بختت بیدار
بر خاک درت فتاده ام زار و نزار از روی کرم ز روی خاکم بردار