أَرَى الْعَيْشَ كَنْزًا نَاقِصًا كُلَّ لَيْلَةٍ
وَمَا تَنْقُصِ الْأَيَّامُ وَالدَّهْرُ يَنْفَدِ
Meaning: I view life as a treasure diminished every night; what days and passing time continue to reduce must eventually run out.
Al-ʿaysha kanzan turns lifespan into a metaphorical treasury. Nāqiṣan kulla laylah emphasizes ongoing loss, and yanfad means to come to an end. Time resembles a capital reserve that cannot be preserved indefinitely. The poetic argument shifts from contrasting other people’s graves to recognizing the steady depletion of one’s own remaining life.