مَن كانَ ذا مالٍ كَثيرٍ وَلَم

مَن كانَ ذا مالٍ كَثيرٍ وَلَم

يَقنَع فَذاكَ الموسِرُ المُعسِرُ

يَقنَع فَذاكَ الموسِرُ المُعسِرُ

Whoever has abundant wealth and does not

He who has ample wealth and still is greedy, is the destitute though he seems the rich.

feel content is rich yet poor.

And he whose wants are little, though his wealth be scant, is the true man of means, the really rich.

وَكُلُّ مَن كانَ قَنوعاً وَإِن

وَكُلُّ مَن كانَ قَنوعاً وَإِن

كانَ مُقِلّاً فَهوَ المُكثِرُ

كانَ مُقِلّاً فَهوَ المُكثِرُ

And everyone who is content, even if

True wealth lies in the soul, and with it forms a whole;

he has little, is wealthy.

The wealth of soul the only wealth we rightly call.

الفَقرُ في النَفسِ وَفيها الغِنى

الفَقرُ في النَفسِ وَفيها الغِنى

وَفي غِنى النَفسِ الغِنى الأَكبَرُ

وَفي غِنى النَفسِ الغِنى الأَكبَرُ

Poverty is in the soul, and wealth is in it too;

And in the soul's wealth lies the greatest wealth.