Take a Step Towards Me

Take a step towards Me, I am your faithful Friend.
Bring all you possess – I am the purchaser of all.^*

If you have set your heart on seeing My wonders,
  come towards Me.
I am in the open market – present everywhere.

If the weight of sins has made you despondent,
come to Me – I am the physician of ailing hearts.

I do not remain in seclusion like the devout.
I am the Saqi of the tavern, I am the singer,
  and I am the ecstasy from the song.

You seek Me in the mosque.
Emerge now from these veils –
  I am present everywhere.

Whether you crave a royal crown
  or a faqir’s tattered cloak,
know for certain that I am your cloak and your turban.

Forget your despair – do not weep over your poverty,
  O My lover.
For you, I am present everywhere as your Beloved.

Never confide the secrets of your heart to anyone else.
In the seclusion of your soul,
  I am the faithful confidant of your secrets.

How long will you revolve
  like a point encircling the circumference?^*
Sit at the centre and know
  that I am the compass that surrounds you.

Your transient existence is like a treasure trove of pearls.
I am that rare pearl found in the depths
  of the ocean of Truth.

Like wood, Moin has been consumed
  by the flames of love;
having become an ember,
  I can say that I am now fire!
_{Khwaja Moinuddin Chishty: Ajmer’s Benefactor of the Poor}