فى ناس بتجرح ناس Fee nas btgra7 nas There are people who hurt people
وناس تشيل فى عيونها ناس W nas tsheel fee 3younha nas And people who help others
وناس قلوبها من الاساس حجر مايلين Wnas 2loobha min el assas 7agar mayleen And people whose hearts are rock that don't melt
مشيت فى طريق طويل Mesheet fee taree2 taweel I walked a long road
كان اى حلم قصادى صعب ومستحيل Kan ay 7ilm 2asady sa3b wmosta7eel Whatever dream I had was hard and impossible to reach
كان نفسى حد يقولى والله السكة فين Kan nifse 7ad y2ool wallah el siki fein? I wanted someone to say, where are the (rail)roads?
وشريط حياتى بيعدى من قدام عنيا Wshreet 7ayate ba3di min 2adem 3ane And the ribbon of my life passing me before my eyes
شوفت النهاية من البداية باينه جاية Shoft elnihaya min elbidaya bayana gaya I saw the end when I was at the beginning, it looked like it was coming.
دى سنين كتير من العمر عدوا فىسؤال معرفش رده De sneen kteer min el3omor 3ado, fe su2al ma3rafesh rado A lot of years from the life are gone, and there is a question I do not know the answer to.
من اللى جانى فى الحكاية ومين ضحية Meen elli gane fe el7ikaya wmeen da7iyi Who did wrong and who is the victim?
فى ناس مكشوفين ورا الستاير ناس كتير مش متشافيين Fee nas mashkofeen, warra elsatayer nas kteer mosh mtshofeen. There are people who are exposed, a lot of people behind the curtains unseen.
وعشان نشوف لازم نشوف من الناحيتين W3ashan nishoof lazim nishoof min na7iyatein And to see, you have to see both sides (of the story).
غلطان ولا برئ كده او كده مكنش فى فى ايديه شئ Ghaltan wila baree2, keda aw keda makanish fee 2edaya she. Guilty or innocent, this or that, there was nothing in my hands.
وازاى نلوم على حد مختارش الطريق Wezzay niloom 3ala 7ad ma5tarsh eltaree2 And h