الا انما الدنيا رجال ثَلاثة

الا انما الدنيا رجال ثَلاثة

ظلوم وَمَظلوم وآخر ناظر

ظلوم وَمَظلوم وآخر ناظر

Behold, the world is but three kinds of men:

Behold, the world is but three kinds of men:

The people of this world are but three,

an oppressor, the oppressed, and one who merely looks on.

An oppressor, one oppressed, and another looking on.

The oppressor, the oppressed and the onlooker,

فان كنتَ تَرمي للسعادة وَالهَنا

فان كنتَ تَرمي للسعادة وَالهَنا

فكن رابعا ان انتَ عَن ذاكَ قادِر

فكن رابعا ان انتَ عَن ذاكَ قادِر

So if you aspire to happiness and contentment,

So if you aim for happiness and bliss,

If you wish for happiness and comfort,

then be a fourth—if you are capable of that.

Then be a fourth, if you can keep apart from that.

Become the fourth, if you have the power.