Covet Nothing! Poem by Mohammad Younus

Covet nothing!
Live a contented life!
If you desire to be...
Happy,
Elegant,
Lovely,
Peaceful,
Enlightened,
Sober,
Sane, and
Serene;
Don't be like a person...
Who always has...
His eyes wide open,
Searching for...
More and more...
Of everything,
That others have,
In order to be...
Content with life;
Which you will never be!

Wish for nothing larger...
Than you are,
Than you have;
Like the solitary flower,
In a vast desert...
Abundance or scarceness,
Of material things
Both transitory.

Aim for contentment,
But have a firm gaze...
Upon your dreams,
You can achieve anything...
You set your mind to;
Even with your limited means,
With grace and determination.

If providence be...
Generous and free,
Take only enough,
Stop short of urge to plead...
Hal min mazeed?
(Have you still more?)
Do not ask for moon or a star;
Is it not surprisingly absurd...
That so tiny human midget...
Covets to possess the whole world?

Mykoul