1. هذا اليهوديُّ الطبيبُ الذي

    لا طوَّلَ اللهُ لنا عمرَهُ

    This is the Jewish physician who—

    may God not prolong his life among us—

  2. قدْ أخذَ الثأرَ لآبائِهِ

    يا قومَنا لا تهملوا أمرَهُ

    has taken vengeance for his forefathers.

    O our people, do not disregard his case.

  3. تخافُ عينُ الشمسِ مِنْ كحلِهِ

    قائلةً ربِّ اكفني شرَّهُ

    The sun’s eye fears his kohl,

    saying, “My Lord, spare me his harm!”

  4. والخضرُ قدْ كادَ يخافُ الردى

    منهُ وأن يسكنَهُ قبرَهُ

    And al-Khidr has almost come to fear death

    from him, and that he might lodge him in his grave.

  5. أيُّ مريضٍ طبَّهُ طمَّهُ

    وأيُّ طرْفٍ ذرَّهُ ضرَّهُ

    Any patient he treats, he buries;

    and any eye he dusts with medicine, he harms.