تَوَقَّ مَدى الأَيامِ إِدخالُ مَطعَمٍ

تَوَقَّ مَدى الأَيامِ إِدخالُ مَطعَمٍ

عَلى مَطعَمٍ مِن قَبلِ هَضمِ المَطاعِمِ

عَلى مَطعَمٍ مِن قَبلِ هَضمِ المَطاعِمِ

Throughout your days, avoid taking in food

The craving for food lasts a long time, before the digestion of food;

Guard yourself, throughout your life, against introducing food

on top of food before that food is digested.

And every food which the teeth are unable to chew,

Upon food, before the previous meal has been digested.

وَكُلُّ طَعامٍ يَعجَزُ السِنُ مَضغَهُ

وَكُلُّ طَعامٍ يَعجَزُ السِنُ مَضغَهُ

فَلا تَقرَبنَّهُ فَهوَ شَرٌّ لِطاعِمِ

فَلا تَقرَبنَّهُ فَهوَ شَرٌّ لِطاعِمِ

And any food the teeth cannot chew,

Do not go near it, for it is an evil for the eater;

And whatever food your teeth are unable to chew,

do not ever approach it, for it is harmful to the eater.

And conserve the blood in the body, for it

Do not approach it, for it is a vice for the eater.

وَوَفِّر عَلى الجِسمِ الدِماءَ فَإِنَّها

وَوَفِّر عَلى الجِسمِ الدِماءَ فَإِنَّها

لِقِوَّةِ جِسمِ المَرءِ خَيرُ الدَعائِمِ

لِقِوَّةِ جِسمِ المَرءِ خَيرُ الدَعائِمِ

And conserve the body's blood, for it

Is the best support for the strength of a person's body;

And preserve the blood within the body, for it is

is the best support for the strength of a person's body.

And beware marrying young women,

The best of pillars for the strength of a man.

وَإِيّاكَ أَن تَنكِح طَواعِنَ سِنِّهِن

وَإِيّاكَ أَن تَنكِح طَواعِنَ سِنِّهِن

فَإِنَّ لَها سُمّاً كَسُمِّ الأَراقِمِ

فَإِنَّ لَها سُمّاً كَسُمِّ الأَراقِمِ

And beware of intercourse with women advanced in age,

For they have a poison like the poison of snakes;

And beware of marrying women advanced in years,

for such a woman has venom like that of speckled serpents.

And every week, you should vomit,

For they hold a poison like the poison of vipers.

وَفي كُلِّ أُسبوعٍ عَلَيكَ بِقَيئَةٍ

وَفي كُلِّ أُسبوعٍ عَلَيكَ بِقَيئَةٍ

تَكُن آمِناً مِن شَرِ كُلِّ البَلاغِمِ

تَكُن آمِناً مِن شَرِ كُلِّ البَلاغِمِ

And every week, you should have a bout of vomiting;

To be safe from the evil of all harms.

And once every week, you should induce vomiting,

you will be safe from the harm of all phlegm.

To be safe from the evil of all phlegmatic humors.