Wisdom of ibn `Ata'illah

For the last couple of days, I have been obsessed with the second of the Wisdoms of Ibn `Ataillah al-Sakandari:

إرادتك التجريد مع إقامة اللّه إياك في الأسباب من الشهوة الخفية‏،‏
وإرادتك الأسباب مع إقامة الله إياك في التجريد انحطاط عن الهمة العلية

Here is my (non-literal) translation of the couplet [updated July 17, to make it more accurate]:

When you're stationed with worldly means, wish not that they're withdrawn: Fight your hidden desire;

And wish not for the worldly means when they are stripped away: Lose not the quest that's higher.

I hesitated whether or not to post this on the blog, and then recognized that this is at the heart of Islam and Economics.