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A man's procrastination

المرء في تأخير مدته

1. A man's procrastination
Is like a garment that wears out after repair

١. المَرءُ في تَأخيرِ مُدَّتِهِ
كَالثَوبِ يَخلُقُ بَعدَ جِدَّتِهِ

2. When one who was dear passes away
People abandon their love for him

٢. مَن ماتَ حالَ ذَوّ مَوَدَّتهِ
عَنهُ وَمالوا عَن مَوَدَّتِهِ

3. While alive he is a soul awaiting
And his death completes his fate

٣. وَحَياتُهُ نَفسٌ يُعَدُّ لَهُ
وَوَفاتُهُ اِستِكمالُ عِدَّتِهِ

4. After his time has passed
People see his home as a place of loneliness

٤. وَمَصيرُهُ مِن بَعدِ مِرَّتِهِ
بِالناسِ ظُلمَةُ بَيتِ وَحدَتِهِ

5. How strange is one who wastes
What he will need on his day of rest

٥. عَجَباً لِمُنتَبِهٍ يُضَيِّعُ ما
يَحتاجُهُ في يَومِ رَقدَتِهِ

6. The time to depart is near while we play
Not preparing for it at all

٦. أَزِفَ الرَحيلُ وَنَحنُ في لَعِبٍ
ما نَستَعِدُّ لَهُ بِعُدَّتِهِ

7. Rarely do disasters spare
The most wretched of youth with burning embers

٧. وَلَقَلَّما تُبقي الخُطوبُ عَلى
أَشَرِ الشَبابِ وَحَرِّ وَقدَتِهِ