وَنَفسُكَ فَاِبدَأ بِتَصويرِها

بِما أَنتَ مِن خالِدٍ فاعِلُ

And your soul, so begin to depict it

With what you are of the eternal doer

وَإِلّا مَضى الجِسمُ مَعَ رَسمِهِ

وَلا يَخلُد الزَائِلُ الزَائِلُ

Else the body passes with its form

And the transient does not make the transient eternal