مطالبُone who seeks دُنياهُhis worldly life بإِتعابِby exhausting نَفسِهِhimself
مطالبُ دُنياهُ بإِتعابِ نَفسِهِ
كَوَرَّادِlike one who repeatedly visits water مَاءٍwater مِنfrom أُجَاجٍbitter brine مُكَدَّرِmurky
كَوَرَّادِ مَاءٍ مِن أُجَاجٍ مُكَدَّرِ
He who seeks his worldly gain by exhausting himself
Is like one who keeps drawing water from murky, bitter brine.
فَمَاfor never ازدادَhe increased شُرباًin drinking مِنهُof it إلاَّexcept that أَثابَهُit rewarded him
فَمَا ازدادَ شُرباً مِنهُ إلاَّ أَثابَهُ
بهِin return for it عَطَشاًthirst يَرويهِquenches him فيat كُلِّevery مَصدَرِdeparture from water
بهِ عَطَشاً يَرويهِ في كُلِّ مَصدَرِ
For he never drinks more of it without its rewarding him
With thirst to “quench” him each time he leaves the water.