لَعَمْرُكَ مَا الدُّنْيَا بِدَارِ إِقَامَةٍ
إِذَا زَالَ عَنْ إِنْسَانِهَا رَاحَةُ العُمْرِ
By your life, the world is not an abode of permanence
When comfort of life departs from its inhabitant
المصدر · Source: Mu'allaqa. A.J. Arberry, The Seven Odes (1957)