1. When death comes upon a people,
Luck fails and numbers dwindle.
١. إِذَا ما المَوْت أَقْبَلَ قَبْلَ قَوْمٍ
أَكَبَّ الحَظُّ وَانْتَقَصَ العَدِيدُ
2. It seems that death will not spare us -
As if death is plotting against us.
٢. أَرانا لا يُفيقُ المَوْتُ مِنَّا
كَأَنَّ المَوْتَ إِيَّانَا يَكِيدُ