Number 20

RubāʿīIraqi style
English

Number 20

Your blade makes kings your servants, and leads many of the lost back onto the path. In your hand it looks like a single drop of water, but it is a flood that has swept over the heads of your enemies.
Explanation: The 'drop of water' plays on the shine of a sword blade, while 'water passing over the head' is a Persian idiom for being overwhelmed or drowned.

Original · Persian

شمارهٔ ۲۰

تیغ تو که بنده می‌کند شاهان را آورد بسی به راه گمراهان را
در دست تو یک قطرۀ آبست و لیک آبیست ز سر گذشته بدخواهان را