أقول لمن سالمته المنون

وجاوزَ ستّين ما يشغلك

I say to him whose safety from death has passed

And crossed sixty, what preoccupies you?

لئن كنت في مهل بالمنى

فإن المنيّة لا تمهلك

If you are taking your time to achieve wishes

Then death will not give you time