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As for the place, it is fixed and does not fold,

أما المكان فثابت لا ينطوي

1. As for the place, it is fixed and does not fold,
But your time is fleeting, it does not stay.

١. أَمّا المَكانُ فَثابِتٌ لا يَنطَوي
لَكِن زَمانُكَ ذاهِبٌ لا يَثبُتُ

2. The misguided said, "I have subdued my opponents!"
With what command did he lose his hands as he subdues?

٢. قالَ الغَوِيُّ لَقَد كَبَتُّ مُعانِدي
خَسِرَت يَداهُ بِأَيِّ أَمرٍ يَكبِتُ

3. A man is like fire - it flared up and died down,
It faded, and the one who humbles in life succeeds.

٣. وَالمَرءُ مِثلُ النارِ شَبَّت وَاِنتَهَت
فَخَبَت وَأَفلَحَ في الحَياةِ المُخبِتُ

4. The events of days are like their plants -
They are fed, and the King commands them to grow.

٤. وَحَوادِثُ الأَيّامِ مِثلُ نَباتِها
تُرعى وَيَأمُرُها المَليكُ فَتَنبُتُ

5. When the youth's destination is the dust,
Why does his mother stay up night and raise him?

٥. وَإِذا الفَتى كانَ التُرابُ مَآلَهُ
فَعَلامَ تَسهَرُ أُمُّهُ وَتُرَبِّتُ

6. If the rabbis esteem their Sabbath,
The brother of insight every day has a Sabbath.

٦. إِن كانَت الأَحبارُ تُعَظِّمُ سَبتَها
فَأَخو البَصيرَةِ كُلَّ يَومٍ مُسبِتُ