المَرءُ رَهنُ مَصائِبٍ لاتَنقَضي

حَتّى يُوارى جِسمُهُ في رَمسِهِ

One is hostage to misfortunes without end

Until his body is interned in the dust.

فَمُؤَجَّلٌ يَلقى الرَدى في أَهلِهِ

وَمُعَجَّلٌ يَلقى الرَدى في نَفسِهِ

One whose time is deferred finds doom with his kin;

One whose time is rushed finds doom within.