مَن كانَ في الدُنيا لَهُ شارَةٌ

مَن كانَ في الدُنيا لَهُ شارَةٌ

فَنَحنُ مِن نَظّارَةِ الدُنيا

فَنَحنُ مِن نَظّارَةِ الدُنيا

Whoever may have finery in this world—

Whoever had a role in this life

we are among the world's spectators.

We are from the theater of life

نَرمُقُها مِن كَثَبٍ حَسرَةً

نَرمُقُها مِن كَثَبٍ حَسرَةً

كَأَنَّنا لَفظٌ بِلا مَعنى

كَأَنَّنا لَفظٌ بِلا مَعنى

We gaze at it from close by in sorrow,

We look at it longingly from afar

as though we were a word without meaning.

As if we were words without meaning