1. وإِنَّ حَياةً والْمَماتُ خِتامُها

    لأَحْقَرُ عِنْدَ الْعَقْلِ مِنْ أَنْ تُؤَثَّرا

    And indeed, a life whose end is death

    Is too paltry in reason’s eyes to be preferred.

  2. وإنَّ نَعيماً أيْقَنَ المرْءُ أَنُّهُ

    يَزولُ نَعيمٌ صَفْوُهُ قَدْ تَكَدَّرا

    And indeed, bliss that a person knows for certain

    Will vanish is bliss whose purity has already been clouded.