Текст и перевод песни Sharifah Aini - Inikah Manusia

Inikah Manusia

Subuh hari
Lihat putih titisan embun
Sayup adzan memanggil
Insan sedar dari tidurnya

Waktu ini
Ingin ku renungkan sejurus
Liku hidup manusia
1001 macam cara

Di dunia ini, tiada jauh
Hasad, dengki, dan iri hati

Inikah dia, manusia
Selalu manis di depan saja?

Kenyataan
Yang mulia dicari salahnya
Lebih sedikit didengki
Inikah dia, manusia?

Bila berkawan
Saling ikhlas berlaku adil
Yang benar, dibenarkan
Yang salah, pasti disalahkan

Is This Mankind

At dawn
I see dewdrops glistening white
A faint call to prayer
Awakens man from his slumber

At this hour
I wish to reflect for a moment
On the ways of man
A thousand and one paths

In this world, not far away
Envy, malice and jealousy

Is this what man is
Always sweet on the surface?

The reality
The virtuous are sought out for faults
The less virtuous are envied less
Is this what man is?

When making friends
May we be sincere and fair
That which is right, be affirmed
That which is wrong, be denounced