1. لِدوا لِلمَوتِ وَاِبنوا لِلخَرابِ

    فَكُلُّهُمُ يَصيرُ إِلى ذهابِ

    Beget children for death, and build for ruin.

    For all of them will pass away.

  2. أَلا يا مَوتُ لَم أَرَ مِنكَ أَقسى

    أَبَيتَ فَما تَحيفُ وَما تُحابي

    Ah, Death, I have seen none harsher than you.

    You are unyielding: you neither wrong nor show favor.

  3. كَأَنَّكَ قَد هَجَمتَ عَلى مَشيبي

    كَما هَجَمَ المَشيبُ عَلى شَبابي

    It is as though you have assailed my gray-haired years,

    Just as gray hair assailed my youth.