يا أَيُّهَذا الَّذي سَتَنقُلُهُ ال

أَيّامُ عَن أَهلِهِ وَعَن وَلَدِه

O you who will be carried away from your family and children by the days,

No glance of a person returns without something dying in his body.

ما اِرتَدَّ طَرفُ اِمرِئٍ بِلَحظَتِهِ

إِلّا وَشَيءٌ يَموتُ مِن جَسَدِه