1. قَد نَغَّصَ المَوتُ عَلَيَّ الحَياة

    إِذ لا أَرى مِنهُ لِحَيٍّ نَجاة

    Death has indeed embittered life for me,

    for I see no escape from it for anyone alive.

  2. مَن جاوَرَ المَوتى فَقَد أَبعَدَ ال

    دارَ وَقَد جاوَرَ قَوماً جُفاة

    Whoever dwells beside the dead has settled in a distant

    abode, and has taken unfeeling folk as neighbors.

  3. ما أَبيَنَ الأَمرَ وَلَكِنَّني

    أَرى جَميعَ الناسِ عَنهُ عُماة

    How clear the matter is! And yet I

    see all people blind to it.

  4. لَو عَلِمَ الأَحياءُ ما عايَنَ ال

    مَوتى إِذاً لَم يَستَلِذّوا الحَياة

    If the living knew what was witnessed by the

    dead, they would find no pleasure in life.