I am devoted to the (Divine) edict, for ’tis commanded by God that I should be a beggar, a beggar, a beggar.
بنده فرمانم که امرست از خدا ** که گدا باشم گدا باشم گدا
I will not use choice expressions in begging: I will tread the way of none but the vile beggars,
در گدایی لفظ نادر ناورم ** جز طریق خس گدایان نسپرم
That I may be completely overwhelmed with abasement, and that I may hear abusive words from high and low.
تا شوم غرقه‌ی مذلت من تمام ** تا سقطها بشنوم از خاص و عام
God's command is my (very) soul, and I am its follower: He has commanded me to be covetous, (for) ‘base is he that covets.’
امر حق جانست و من آن را تبع ** او طمع فرمود ذل من طمع
Since the Sultan of the Judgement desires covetousness from me, dust on the head of contentment henceforth!2695
چون طمع خواهد ز من سلطان دین ** خاک بر فرق قناعت بعد ازین
He has desired covetousness: how should I be ambitious of glory? He has desired beggary: how should I exercise sovereignty?
او مذلت خواست کی عزت تنم ** او گدایی خواست کی میری کنم
Henceforth beggary and abasement are my (very) soul: in my wallet are twenty (consummate beggars like) ‘Abbás.”
بعد ازین کد و مذلت جان من ** بیست عباس‌اند در انبان من
The Shaykh would go about, with a basket in his hand, (saying, “Give) something, Sir, for God's sake, if He prompt you (to be generous).”
شیخ بر می‌گشت زنبیلی به دست ** شیء لله خواجه توفیقیت هست
His inward experiences were higher than the Footstool and the Throne (of God); his (external) business was (to cry), “Something for God's sake, something for God's sake!”
برتر از کرسی و عرش اسرار او ** شیء لله شیء لله کار او
The prophets, every one, ply this same trade: the people (to whom they are sent) are (really) destitute, (yet) they (the prophets) practise beggary,2700
انبیا هر یک همین فن می‌زنند ** خلق مفلس کدیه ایشان می‌کنند