1. أَتَرغَبُ في الصيتِ بَينَ الأَنامِ

    وَكَم خَمَلَ النابِهُ الصَيِّتُ

    Do you desire fame among humankind?

    And many an eminent, renowned man has sunk into obscurity.

  2. وَحَسبُ الفَتى أَنَّهُ مائِتٌ

    وَهَل يَعرِفُ الشَرَفَ المَيِّتُ

    And it is enough for a man that he must die;

    And does the dead man know honor?