لاdo not تَأمَنِtrust المَوتَdeath الخَؤوthe treacherous (word continues)
لا تَأمَنِ المَوتَ الخَؤو
نَcompletion of 'treacherous' وَخَفand fear بَوادِرَfirst signs آفتهits calamity
نَ وَخَف بَوادِرَ آفته
Do not trust treacherous death;
Do not feel safe from insidious death,
and fear the first signs of its calamity.
And fear the omens of its catastrophe.
المَوتdeath سَهمٌan arrow مُرسَلٌloosed
المَوت سَهمٌ مُرسَلٌ
وَالعُمرُand life قَدرthe measure مَسافَتهits distance
وَالعُمرُ قَدر مَسافَته
Death is an arrow loosed,
Death is an arrow let loose,
and life is the span of its flight.
And life is but the distance it travels.
Sol 6.1