لَمّا اِكتَسى خَدُّهُ وَقُلتُ لَهُ

لَمّا اِكتَسى خَدُّهُ وَقُلتُ لَهُ

كُلُ حَياةٍ عَقيبُها تَلَفُ

كُلُ حَياةٍ عَقيبُها تَلَفُ

When his cheek became clothed and I said to him,

When his cheek grew wrinkled, and I said to him,

“Every life is followed by death,”

"Every life in the end decays,"

رَأى أَخاهُ بِعَينِ مَعذِرَةٍ

رَأى أَخاهُ بِعَينِ مَعذِرَةٍ

وَقالَ ما ماتَ مَن لَهُ خَلَفُ

وَقالَ ما ماتَ مَن لَهُ خَلَفُ

he looked at his brother with a forgiving eye

He looked at me with forgiving eyes,

and said, “He who has a successor has not died.”

And said, "He who leaves heirs never dies."