لا تَأمَنِ المَوتَ الخَؤو

لا تَأمَنِ المَوتَ الخَؤو

نَ وَخَف بَوادِرَ آفته

نَ وَخَف بَوادِرَ آفته

Do not trust treacherous death;

Do not feel safe from insidious death,

and fear the first signs of its calamity.

And fear the omens of its catastrophe.

المَوت سَهمٌ مُرسَلٌ

المَوت سَهمٌ مُرسَلٌ

وَالعُمرُ قَدر مَسافَته

وَالعُمرُ قَدر مَسافَته

Death is an arrow loosed,

Death is an arrow let loose,

and life is the span of its flight.

And life is but the distance it travels.