1. يا شاكِيَ الدَهرِ إِنَّ الدَهرَ أَلوانُ

    فيهِ لِصاحِبِهِ بُؤسٌ وَأَحزانُ

    O you who complain of time, time has many hues.

    In it are misery and sorrows for its companion.

  2. وَفي المَماتِ غِنىً لِلمَرءِ يَستُرُهُ

    وَلَيسَ مُستَغنِياً ما عاشَ إِنسانُ

    And in death lies sufficiency for a man, sheltering him.

    And no human is free of need as long as he lives.