فى ناس بتجرح ناس
<i>Fee nas btgra7 nas</i>
There are people who hurt people

وناس تشيل فى عيونها ناس
<i>W nas tsheel fee 3younha nas</i>
And people who help others

وناس قلوبها من الاساس حجر مايلين
<i>Wnas 2loobha min el assas 7agar mayleen</i>
And people whose hearts are rock that don't melt

مشيت فى طريق طويل
<i>Mesheet fee taree2 taweel</i>
I walked a long road

كان اى حلم قصادى صعب ومستحيل
<i>Kan ay 7ilm 2asady sa3b wmosta7eel</i>
Whatever dream I had was hard and impossible to reach

كان نفسى حد يقولى والله السكة فين
<i>Kan nifse 7ad y2ool wallah el siki fein?</i>
I wanted someone to say, where are the railroads?

وشريط حياتى بيعدى من قدام عنيا
<i>Wshreet 7ayate ba3di min 2adem 3ane</i>
And the ribbon of my life passing me before my eyes

شوفت النهاية من البداية باينه جاية
<i>Shoft elnihaya min elbidaya bayana gaya</i>
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
<i>De sneen kteer min el3omor 3ado, fe su2al ma3rafesh rado</i>
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
<i>Meen elli gane fe el7ikaya wmeen da7iyi</i>
Who did wrong and who is the victim?

فى ناس مكشوفين ورا الستاير ناس كتير مش متشافيين
<i>Fee nas mashkofeen, warra elsatayer nas kteer mosh mtshofeen.</i>
There are people who are exposed,
a lot of people behind the curtains unseen.

وعشان نشوف لازم نشوف من الناحيتين
<i>W3ashan nishoof lazim nishoof min na7iyatein</i>
And to see, you have to see both sides (of the story).

غلطان ولا برئ كده او كده مكنش فى فى ايديه شئ
<i>Ghaltan wila baree2, keda aw keda makanish fee 2edaya she.</i>
Guilty or innocent, this or that, there was nothing in my hands.

وازاى نلوم على حد مختارش الطريق
<i>Wezzay niloom 3ala 7ad ma5tarsh eltaree2</i>
And how are we to blame someone who didn't pick his own path.