1. What good is a home whose dweller dies,
While the heedless deem it secure?
١. ما خَيرُ دارٍ يَموتُ ساكِنُها
وَأَغفَلُ الغافِلينَ آمِنُها
2. Have you not seen the abodes of yore
Whose cities crumbled after their time?
٢. أَلَم تَرَ القادَةَ الَّتي سَلَفَت
قَد خَرِبَت بَعدَها مَدائِنُها