أَعزِز عَلَيَّ بِأَن تَكونَ عَليلا

أَعزِز عَلَيَّ بِأَن تَكونَ عَليلا

أَو أَن يَكونَ بِكَ السِّقامُ نَزيلا

أَو أَن يَكونَ بِكَ السِّقامُ نَزيلا

How grievous it is to me that you should be ill,

How grievous it is to me that you should be ill,

or that sickness should lodge within you.

Or that sickness should take up lodging in you.

وَوَدِدتُ أَنِّي مالِكٌ لِسَلامَتي

وَوَدِدتُ أَنِّي مالِكٌ لِسَلامَتي

فَأعيركاها بُكرَةً وَأَصيلا

فَأعيركاها بُكرَةً وَأَصيلا

I wished that I were master of my own health,

And I wish I were master of my health,

then I would lend it to you, morning and evening,

So I could lend it to you, morning and evening.

فَتَكون تَسعى سالِماً بِسَلامَتي

فَتَكون تَسعى سالِماً بِسَلامَتي

وَأَكونُ مِمّا قَد عَراكَ بَديلا

وَأَكونُ مِمّا قَد عَراكَ بَديلا

so you might go about in health, through my health,

Then you would go about well, with my health,

and I would take the place of what afflicted you.

And I would bear in your stead what has befallen you.

وَأَنا أَخٌ لَكَ أَشتَكي ما تَشتَكي

وَأَنا أَخٌ لَكَ أَشتَكي ما تَشتَكي

وَكَذا الخَليلُ إِذا أَجَلَّ خَليلا

وَكَذا الخَليلُ إِذا أَجَلَّ خَليلا

I am your brother: I suffer what you suffer;

And I am a brother to you, suffering what you suffer;

that is how a true friend is, when he holds a friend dear.

And so is a close friend when he holds a friend dear.