1. درستُ طبائع الأجساد عاماً

    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.

  2. طبيباً صرت إلا أن طبي

    نفعت به سواي وما انتفعتُ

    I became a physician, but as for my medicine,

    I helped others with it, yet gained no benefit myself.

  3. وأحسب أنني والداء فردٌ

    بأدواءٍ ستقتلني أُصِبتُ

    And I think that illness and I are one.

    I have been afflicted with diseases that will kill me.