1. Does a house in all its beauty disappear,
While its lord still lives and draws breath?
١. أَتُذهَبُ دارٌ بِالنُضارِ وَرَبُّها
يُخَلِّفُها عَمّا قَليلٍ وَيَذهَبُ
2. I see a flame in my body quenched by fate,
Yet while you live, it will kindle anew.
٢. أَرى قَبَساً في الجِسمِ يُطفِئُهُ الرَدى
وَما دُمتَ حَيّاً فَهوَ ذا يَتَلَهَّبُ