يَعمُرُ بَيتٌ بِخَرابِ بَيتٍ

يَعمُرُ بَيتٌ بِخَرابِ بَيتٍ

يَعيشُ حَيٌّ بِتُراثِ مَيتِ

يَعيشُ حَيٌّ بِتُراثِ مَيتِ

One house prospers through the ruin of another.

A house lives on while another decays

A living person lives on a dead person's inheritance.

A living one on a dead legacy preys