1. One is hostage to misfortunes without end
Until his body is interned in the dust.
١. المَرءُ رَهنُ مَصائِبٍ لاتَنقَضي
حَتّى يُوارى جِسمُهُ في رَمسِهِ
2. One whose time is deferred finds doom with his kin;
One whose time is rushed finds doom within.
٢. فَمُؤَجَّلٌ يَلقى الرَدى في أَهلِهِ
وَمُعَجَّلٌ يَلقى الرَدى في نَفسِهِ