لَيتَif only اِبنُson of شَمعونٍShamʿun دَرىknew أَنَّهُthat he
لَيتَ اِبنُ شَمعونٍ دَرى أَنَّهُ
يَفعَلُhe does فِعلَthe deed of الأَرقَمِthe speckled serpent القاتِلِthe deadly
يَفعَلُ فِعلَ الأَرقَمِ القاتِلِ
If only Ibn Shamʿun knew that he
Acts like a deadly speckled serpent.
مُبارَكُblessed الطَلعَةِin appearance فيin طِبِّهِhis medical practice
مُبارَكُ الطَلعَةِ في طِبِّهِ
لَكِنbut عَلىto الحَفّارِthe gravedigger وَالفاسِلِand the palm-planter (as written)
لَكِن عَلى الحَفّارِ وَالفاسِلِ
His presence in medical practice brings good fortune—
But only to the gravedigger and the palm-planter.
Sol 6.1