1. لَعَمْرُك ما الدنيا بدارِ إقامةٍ

    إذا زالَ عن عين البصير غطاؤها

    By your life, this world is no lasting abode,

    When the veil falls from the discerning person's eye.

  2. وكيف بقاءُ الناس فيها وإنما

    يُنالُ بأسباب الفناء بقاؤها

    And how can people endure in it, when it is only

    Through the causes of perishing that its endurance is attained?