رُبَّتَ دار بَعدَ عِمرانِها

أَضحَت خَلاءً ما بِها آهِلُ

A home was inhabited after being built,

Then it became empty with none dwelling in it.

لَم تَدخُلِ البَهجَةُ دارَ اِمرِئٍ

إِلَّا وَما يَهدِمُها داخِلُ

Happiness never entered a man's home,

Except that which destroys it was inside.

ما يَأمَنُ الدُّنيا وَأَيَّامَها

بَعدي إِلَّا أَنوكَ جاهِلُ

None feels safe from this life and its days after me,

Except the one ignorant of what will come.