أَراكَ يَزيدُكَ الإِثراءُ حِرصاً

أَراكَ يَزيدُكَ الإِثراءُ حِرصاً

عَلى الدُنيا كَأَنَّكَ لا تَموتُ

عَلى الدُنيا كَأَنَّكَ لا تَموتُ

I see that growing wealthy increases your greed

I see you increase your greed as wealth pursues you

for this world, as though you will never die.

As if you will never die; will you ever say,

فَهَل لَكَ غايَةٌ إِن صِرتَ يَوماً

فَهَل لَكَ غايَةٌ إِن صِرتَ يَوماً

إِلَيها قُلتَ حَسبي قَد رَضيتُ

إِلَيها قُلتَ حَسبي قَد رَضيتُ

Do you, then, have a limit such that, if one day you come

'Enough! I'm satisfied,' if one day you attain

to it, you will say, 'Enough for me; I am content'?

What you desire?