Sir, I am a poor man
I have not money nor home
so I beg in the street,
so very alone

I don't ask for your money,
I don't ask for your purse
but I beg thee for something
with even more worth

I don't ask you for house
or mansion or hut,
I won't pick your pockets
and your purse I won't cut

I won't ask for fine clothes
or a warm meal to eat
I won't ask you for blankets
or shoes for my feet

I won't ask for any of those things,
I ask you for something
that means much more to me...