إِنَّ مَعَ اليَومِ فَاِعلَمَنَّ غَداً

إِنَّ مَعَ اليَومِ فَاِعلَمَنَّ غَداً

فَاِنظُر بِما يَنقَضي مَجيءُ غَدِه

فَاِنظُر بِما يَنقَضي مَجيءُ غَدِه

Indeed, with today—know this well—comes tomorrow.

With each day comes knowledge of tomorrow

Know for certain: with today there is a tomorrow,

So consider how the coming of its morrow runs its course.

So look to see how its coming will end

So consider what the arrival of that morrow concludes.

ما اِرتَدَّ طَرفُ اِمرِئٍ بِلَذَّتِهِ

ما اِرتَدَّ طَرفُ اِمرِئٍ بِلَذَّتِهِ

إِلّا وَشَيءٌ يَموتُ مِن جَسَدِه

إِلّا وَشَيءٌ يَموتُ مِن جَسَدِه

No man's glance returns with its pleasure

No person's gaze returns to what delighted him

Never does a man's glance return from his delight,

without something of his body dying.

Except that some part of his body has died

But that a piece of his body dies within him.