إِنَّ مَعَ اليَومِ فَاِعلَمَنَّ غَداً

فَاِنظُر بِما يَنقَضي مَجيءُ غَدِه

With each day comes knowledge of tomorrow

Know for certain: with today there is a tomorrow,

So look to see how its coming will end

So consider what the arrival of that morrow concludes.

ما اِرتَدَّ طَرفُ اِمرِئٍ بِلَذَّتِهِ

إِلّا وَشَيءٌ يَموتُ مِن جَسَدِه

No person's gaze returns to what delighted him

Never does a man's glance return from his delight,

Except that some part of his body has died

But that a piece of his body dies within him.