Number 22

RubāʿīIraqi style
English

Number 22

By his grace our beauty is beautiful; the whole world thirsts, and we are the clear water. We are people of perfection, and every breath we take brings a hundred kinds of greeting to those who seek it too.
Explanation: 'Clear water' works as an image of what satisfies the world's spiritual thirst. 'People of perfection' points to those who have reached spiritual completeness through divine grace.

Original · Persian

شمارهٔ ۲۲

ما را ز عنایتش جمیلست جمال عالم همه تشنه اند و ما آب زلال
ما اهل کمالیم وز ما هر نفسی صدگونه تحیتست بر اهل کمال