ثَوبُ مَن ماتَ عَلى وارِثِهِ

ثَوبُ مَن ماتَ عَلى وارِثِهِ

وَعَلى مَن ماتَ ثَوبُ مِن مَدَر

وَعَلى مَن ماتَ ثَوبُ مِن مَدَر

The garment of the one who died is on his heir;

The clothes of one who died are for his heir

And on the one who died is a garment of clay.

While for him who died, clothes are of no avail

وَكَأَنَّ الشَيءَ مِمّا قَد مَضى

وَكَأَنَّ الشَيءَ مِمّا قَد مَضى

وَانقَضى نَقرَةُ عُصفورٍ نَقَر

وَانقَضى نَقرَةُ عُصفورٍ نَقَر

And it is as though a thing that has already passed

It's as if something that's passed and gone

And ended were a peck from a sparrow that pecked.

Were the pecking of a bird that pecked and flew away