We are the ones whose craft is living without pretense;
our home stands at the crossroads of letting go.
Cunning, the eye for beauty, drunkenness, and madness:
the honor of a thousand callings rests on our shoulders.
Explanation: 'Rindi' (rendered as cunning) is the carefree, unconventional wisdom of the free spirit in Persian poetry. 'Nazarbazi' means delighting in beauty as a contemplative, almost spiritual act.
Original · Persian
شمارهٔ ۱۱
ماییم که بیتکلّفیها فن ماست
در چار سوی گذشتگی مسکن ماست
رندی و نظربازی و مستی و جنون
ناموس هزار کار در گردن ماست