إِذاif النَّفسُthe soul لَمdoes not تَشرهyearn eagerly إِلىtoward طَلبِseeking العُلاlofty heights
إِذا النَّفسُ لَم تَشره إِلى طَلبِ العُلا
فَتلكَthen that soul مَعَwith الأَمواتِthe dead فيamong الحَيوانِthe living
فَتلكَ مَعَ الأَمواتِ في الحَيوانِ
If the soul does not yearn to seek lofty heights,
When the soul aspires not to seek high aims,
then it is with the dead among the living.
Then it is, though living, as dead.