درستُI studied طبائعnatures الأجسادthe bodies عاماًfor a year
درستُ طبائع الأجساد عاماً
ولولاand were it not for عسرُdifficulty هضمٍdigestion ماnot درستُI studied
ولولا عسرُ هضمٍ ما درستُ
I studied the natures of bodies for a year.
And were it not for indigestion, I would not have studied.
طبيباًa physician صرتI became إلاexcept أنthat طبيmy medicine
طبيباً صرت إلا أن طبي
نفعتI helped بهwith it سوايothers besides me وماand not انتفعتُI benefited
نفعت به سواي وما انتفعتُ
I became a physician, but as for my medicine,
I helped others with it, yet gained no benefit myself.
وأحسبand I think أننيthat I والداءand the illness فردٌone
وأحسب أنني والداء فردٌ
بأدواءٍwith diseases ستقتلنيwill kill me أُصِبتُI was afflicted
بأدواءٍ ستقتلني أُصِبتُ
And I think that illness and I are one.
I have been afflicted with diseases that will kill me.
Sol 6.1