مَن كانَتِ الدُنيا لَهُ شارة

مَن كانَتِ الدُنيا لَهُ شارة

فَنَحنُ مِن نَظّارَةِ الدُنيا

فَنَحنُ مِن نَظّارَةِ الدُنيا

If the world is an adornment for some,

then we are among the world's spectators.

نَرمُقُها مِن كَثَبٍ حَسرَةً

نَرمُقُها مِن كَثَبٍ حَسرَةً

كَأَنَّنا لَفظٌ بِلا مَعنى

كَأَنَّنا لَفظٌ بِلا مَعنى

We gaze at it from close by, with regret,

as though we were a word without meaning.