نِهايةُ ما بَنَيْتَ إلى انتِقاضِ

وَشَيْبُكَ بالموّاعظِ أيَّ قاضي

The end of what you have built leads to ruin

And your old age preaching is no judge

بناك الدَّهرُ أحسنَ ما بَناهُ

وما بعدَ البناءِ سوى البياضِ

Time built you better than it built others

And after building, there is nothing left but barrenness