# As water disappears from a lake ... and do not rise again

The fact that death cannot be reversed is compared to water that dried up and cannot return. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-simile]])

# As water disappears ... as a river loses

These two phrases are describing the same thought and are repeated to emphasize the fact that death is final. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-parallelism]])