1. They say that medicine is perfected by mankind
To revive the dead, though the eminent say:

2. I said to them, "Why won't my malady be cured
When healing what ails me should be easy for you?"

3. If I die of the illness that afflicts me,
After me, physicians won't know of cures,

4. No ailing person will recover from my disease,
Nor will the healthy live in joy for a single day.