ما الناسُ ناسٌ كنتُ أمسِ عهدتُهُمْ

ما الناسُ ناسٌ كنتُ أمسِ عهدتُهُمْ

والدارُ دارٌ كنتُ أمسِ عَهِدْتُها

والدارُ دارٌ كنتُ أمسِ عَهِدْتُها

The people are not the people I knew yesterday;

The people are not the people I knew yesterday;

and the dwelling is the same dwelling I knew yesterday.

and the dwelling is the dwelling I knew yesterday.

فإذا تأملْتُ الرجالَ فقدتُهُمْ

فإذا تأملْتُ الرجالَ فقدتُهُمْ

وإذا تأملتُ البقاعَ وَجدْتُها

وإذا تأملتُ البقاعَ وَجدْتُها

When I contemplate the men, I find them gone;

So when I looked closely at the men, I found them gone;

and when I contemplate the places, I find them still there.

and when I looked closely at the places, I found them there.