لا تَأمَنِ المَوتَ الخَؤو

نَ وَخَف بَوادِرَ آفته

Do not feel safe from insidious death,

And fear the omens of its catastrophe.

المَوت سَهمٌ مُرسَلٌ

وَالعُمرُ قَدر مَسافَته

Death is an arrow let loose,

And life is but the distance it travels.