إنماonly رزقكyour sustenance الذيthat which حزتهyou have acquired it فيin
إنما رزقك الذي حزته في
يدكyour hand اقنعbe content بهwith it بنفسwith a soul مفيقهclear-minded
يدك اقنع به بنفس مفيقه
Your sustenance is only what you have secured in
The sustenance that you have earned
your hand; be content with it, with a clear-minded soul.
Be content with it, with an awakened soul
وتأملand reflect فيon رزقsustenance غيركsomeone other than you تلقاyou will find
وتأمل في رزق غيرك تلقا
هit خيالاًan illusion لديكbefore you ليسis not حقيقهa reality
ه خيالاً لديك ليس حقيقه
And reflect on another's sustenance: you will find
And contemplate the sustenance of others
it an illusion before you, not a reality.
It is but an illusion, not the truth
لاdo not تكنbe فيهfor it طامعاًgreedy مثلlike كلبٍa dog
لا تكن فيه طامعاً مثل كلبٍ
ممسكٍholding عظمةًa bone بفيهin its mouth رقيقهthin
ممسكٍ عظمةً بفيه رقيقه
Do not be greedy for it, like a dog
Do not be greedy like a dog
holding a thin bone in its mouth.
Holding a bone in its weak jaws
فرأىthen it saw ظلهاits reflection بماءin water فألقاso it threw away
فرأى ظلها بماء فألقا
هاit لأخذto take التيthe one that رأىit saw فيalong الطريقهthe path
ها لأخذ التي رأى في الطريقه
Then it saw the bone's reflection in water, so it threw
Who saw its shadow in water and dropped
it away to take the one it saw along the path.
The bone to seize the one it saw in the mirage
Sol 6.1