المَوتُ لا وَالِداً يُبقي وَلا وَلَداً

هَذا السَبيلُ إِلى أَن لا تَرى أَحَدا

Death spares neither a parent nor a child,

This is the path that leads to where not a soul is seen.

كانَ النَبِيُّ وَلَم يَخلُد لِأُمَّتِهِ

لَو خَلَّدَ اللَهُ خَلقاً قَبلَهُ خَلَدا

The Prophet lived, yet did not remain eternally for his nation;

Had God granted immortality to any creation, he would have remained.

لِلمَوتِ فينا سِهامٌ غَيرُ خاطِئَةٍ

مَن فاتَهُ اليَومَ سَهمٌ لَم يَفُتهُ غَدا

Death shoots arrows at us that never err;

He who is missed by an arrow today shall not escape it tomorrow.