الحِرصُ في كُلِّ الأَفانينِ يَصِم

الحِرصُ في كُلِّ الأَفانينِ يَصِم

أَما رَأَيتَ كُلَّ ظَهرٍ يَنقَصِم

أَما رَأَيتَ كُلَّ ظَهرٍ يَنقَصِم

Greed, in all its forms, brings disgrace.

Greed in all desires makes one deaf

Have you not seen every back break,

Have you not seen each back breaking?

وَعُروَةً مِن كُلِّ حَيٍّ تَنقَصِم

وَعُروَةً مِن كُلِّ حَيٍّ تَنقَصِم

أَما سَمِعتَ الحادِثاتِ تَختَصِم

أَما سَمِعتَ الحادِثاتِ تَختَصِم

And a bond of every living being snap?

And a pillar from each living thing breaking?

Have you not heard calamities contend?

Have you not heard events arguing?

أَم حُبُّكِ الأَشياءَ يُعمي وَيُصِم

أَم حُبُّكِ الأَشياءَ يُعمي وَيُصِم

Or does your love of things blind and deafen?

Or does your love of things blind and deafen?