from behind, and I turned, pulled me from behind, and behold, it was he and I turned and it was again.  Quoth he, “I conjure he again.  Thereupon he thee, ask thy desire said, “Come, I conjure of me.”  So I begged him thee, and ask thy want of to pray three prayers to me.”  So I begged him to God for me; first, that pray for me three prayers:  He would make me love first, that Allah would make poverty; secondly, that I me love poverty; secondly, might never lie down to that I might never lie down sleep upon known provision, at night upon provision and thirdly, that assured to me; and He, the Bountiful One, thirdly, that he would would vouchsafe me to vouchsafe me to look upon look upon His face.  So he His bountiful face.  So prayed for me, as I wished, he prayed for me as I and departed from me. wished, and departed from And, indeed, God hath me.  And indeed Allah granted me the first two hath granted me what the prayers; for He hath devotee asked in prayer; made me in love with to begin with he hath made poverty, so that, by Allah, me so love poverty that, by there is nought in the the Almighty! there is world dearer to me than nought in the world dearer it, and since such a year, to me than it, and secondly I have never lain down since such a year I have upon assured provision; never lain down to sleep yet hath He never let me upon assured provision, lack of aught.  As for the withal hath He never let third prayer, I trust that me lack aught.  As for the He will vouchsafe me that third prayer, I trust that also, even as He hath he will vouchsafe me that granted the two others, also, even as He hath for He is bountiful and granted the two precedent, excellently beneficient.  And for right Bountiful and may God have mercy on Beneficient is His Godhead, him who saith:  and Allah have mercy on him who said;

Renouncement, lowliness, the Garb of Fakir, renouncement,
  fakir’s garments be; In lowliness;
  patched and tattered clothes His robe of tatters and of rags
  still fares the devotee. his dress;

Pallor adorneth him, as on their And pallor ornamenting brow
  latest nights, The moons as though
  with pallor still embellished ’Twere wanness such as waning
  thou mayst see. crescents show.

Long rising up by night to pray Wasted him prayer a-through
  hath wasted him; And from the long-lived night,
  his lids the tears stream down.  And flooding tears ne’er cease
  as ’twere a sea. to dim his sight.

The thought of God to him his Memory of Him shall cheer his
  very housemate is; For lonely room;
  bosom friend by night, th’ Th’ Almighty nearest is in
  Omnipotent hath he. nightly gloom.