إن    الولادة   للمات   قريبةٌ

إن الولادة للمات قريبةٌ

مهما  تباينَ شكلها عن شكله

مهما تباينَ شكلها عن شكله

Birth is indeed close to death,

Indeed, birth is close kin to death

however much its form may differ from death's.

No matter how different their forms may seem

فالطفل  يعبث بالتراب لأنه    

فالطفل يعبث بالتراب لأنه

ما زال فيه يعيش منه بأصله

ما زال فيه يعيش منه بأصله

For the child plays with the dust, because he

For the child plays in the dirt

still lives in it and from it, by virtue of his origin.

Because he still lives rooted in it by his origin