لا خَيرَ مِن بَعدِ خَمسينَ اِنقَضَت كَمَلاً

لا خَيرَ مِن بَعدِ خَمسينَ اِنقَضَت كَمَلاً

في أَن تُمارِسَ أَمراضاً وَأَرعاشا

في أَن تُمارِسَ أَمراضاً وَأَرعاشا

There is no good, after fifty years have passed in full,

No goodness after fifty when perfected

in enduring illnesses and tremors.

In practicing illnesses and tremors

وَقَد يَعيشُ الفَتى حَتّى يُقالُ لَهُ

وَقَد يَعيشُ الفَتى حَتّى يُقالُ لَهُ

ما ماتَ عِندَ لِقاءِ المَوتِ بَل عاشا

ما ماتَ عِندَ لِقاءِ المَوتِ بَل عاشا

And a young man may live until it is said to him:

And the young man may live until told

He did not die upon meeting death; rather, he lived.

He did not die meeting death, but lived