مَن كانَ في الدُنيا لَهُ شارَةٌ

فَنَحنُ مِن نَظّارَةِ الدُنيا

Whoever had a role in this life

We are from the theater of life

نَرمُقُها مِن كَثَبٍ حَسرَةً

كَأَنَّنا لَفظٌ بِلا مَعنى

We look at it longingly from afar

As if we were words without meaning