مُتُّ مِنَ الحَجَرِيَّةِ فَصِرْتُ نَبَاتًا
مُتُّ مِنَ النَّبَاتِيَّةِ فَصِرْتُ حَيَوَانًا
I died from minerality and became a plant
I died from plant-hood and became an animal
المصدر · Source: Mathnawi III:3901. R.A. Nicholson translation