1. إِنَّ الأَعِلّاءَ إِن كانوا ذَوي رَشَدٍ

    بِما يُعانونَ مِن داءٍ أَطِبّاءُ

    Indeed, the sick, if they possess sound judgment,

    are physicians for the illness they suffer.

  2. وَما شَفاكَ مِنَ الأَشياءِ تَطلُبُها

    إِلّا الأَلِبّاءُ لَو تُلفى الأَلِبّاءُ

    Of all the things you seek, none has healed you

    but the wise—if the wise can be found.

  3. نَفِرُّ مِن شُربِ كَأسٍ وَهيَ تَتبَعُنا

    كَأَنَّنا لِمَنايانا أَحِبّاءُ

    We flee from drinking a cup, yet it pursues us,

    as though we were dear to our deaths.