وزاهدٍand one indifferent فيto المالِwealth لاnot يَنْثَنيrelents
وزاهدٍ في المالِ لا يَنْثَني
فيin قِمَمِthe summits العَلياءِglory عنfrom حِرْصِهِhis eagerness
في قِمَمِ العَلياءِ عن حِرْصِهِ
And one who renounces wealth and does not amass it,
And one indifferent to wealth does not relent
Within his heart, loftiness keeps him aloof from greed.
In his ardent pursuit of the summits of glory.
لَيسَتْdoes not تَرىsee عَيناهُhis two eyes شِبْهاًa likeness لهto him
لَيسَتْ تَرى عَيناهُ شِبْهاً له
مُبَرّأًfree فيin الفضْلِexcellence منof نقصهِhis shortcomings
مُبَرّأً في الفضْلِ من نقصهِ
His eyes behold no one like him,
His eyes see no equal to himself
Purged, in excellence, of every defect.
Whose excellence is free of flaws.
كَأَنَّمَاas though العالمُthe world مرآتُهُhis mirror
كَأَنَّمَا العالمُ مرآتُهُ
فماso … not يرىhe sees فيهاin it سِوَىother than شَخْصِهِhis own person
فما يرى فيها سِوَى شَخْصِهِ
It is as though the whole world were his mirror,
As though the world were his mirror,
And in it he sees nothing but his own image.
So he sees in it nothing but himself.
