Yiddish: 'Man begins in dust and ends in dust'— meanwhile it's good to drink some brandy.

SOURCE: Stutchkoff, Der Oytser fun der Yidisher Shprakh.

‏”אָדם יסודו מעפֿר וסופֿו לעפֿר“— בינו–לבֿינו איז גוט אַ טרונק בראָנפֿן.

"Odem yesoydoy meyofor vesoyfo leyofor"—beyne-leveyne iz gut a trunk bronfn.

"Man begins in dust and ends in dust"— meanwhile it’s good to drink some brandy.