Abu al-'Ala' al-Ma'arri Quotes

This world is such an abode that if those present here
Have their wits entire, they will never weep for the absent ones.

[http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9049584/al-Maarri Profile in Encyclopædia Britannica]

[http://www.humanistictexts.org/al_ma'arri.htm Al-Maʿarri's poems (in English)]