ما أجهلَ الإنسانَ بالد

نيا وأعجبَ أمرَه

How ignorant man is of the land

His world and how strange his affair

أضحى يُشيِّدُ قَصرَهُ

والموتُ يهدمُ عُمرَه

He begins building his palace

While death destroys his life