Meanings
proverb
alternative this too shall pass away
- Nothing, good or bad, lasts forever; all circumstances are temporary.
Origin
- Classical Persianاِین نِیز بُگْذَرَد
- Englishthis too shall pass
Calque of Classical Persian اِین نِیز بُگْذَرَد (īn nīz bugzarad). Compare Latin sic transit gloria mundi.
More words from Classical Persian
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Finnish kaikki loppuu aikanaan
- kaikki loppuu aikanaannothing lasts forever
French cela aussi passera
- cela aussi passeranothing lasts forever
German es geht alles vorüber, es geht alles vorbei
- es geht alles vorübernothing lasts forever
- es geht alles vorbeinothing lasts forever
Hebrew גם זה יעבור
- גם זה יעבורnothing lasts forever
Persian این نیز بگذرد
- این نیز بگذرد (in niz bogzarad)nothing lasts forever
Portuguese isto também passará
- isto também passaránothing lasts forever
Russian и это пройдёт
- и это пройдёт (i eto projdjót)nothing lasts forever
Scottish Gaelic an rud a thig leis a' ghaoith, falbhaidh e leis an t-sruth
- an rud a thig leis a' ghaoith, falbhaidh e leis an t-sruthnothing lasts forever
Spanish efímero
- efímeronothing lasts forever
Swedish även detta ska gå över, allting har en ände
- även detta ska gå övernothing lasts forever
- allting har en ändenothing lasts forever
Tamil இதுவும் கடந்து போகும்
- இதுவும் கடந்து போகும் (ituvum kaṭantu pōkum)nothing lasts forever
Turkish bu da geçer
- bu da geçernothing lasts forever
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APA
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MLA
“this too shall pass.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/this%20too%20shall%20pass. Accessed November 5, 2026.
Chicago
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