بِجسميin my body لاnot بجِسمكَin your body ياO عليلُailing one
بِجسمي لا بجِسمكَ يا عليلُ
ويكفينيand suffices me منof الألمِpain القليلُa little
ويكفيني من الألمِ القليلُ
Let it be in my body, not yours, O ailing one.
With my body, not your body, O sick one
And a little pain is enough for me.
And the little pain is enough for me
تَعداكَmay it pass you by السقامُsickness إليَّto me إنِّيindeed I
تَعداكَ السقامُ إليَّ إنِّي
علىdespite ماwhat بيails me لعادتهِof its customary ways حَمولُable to bear much
على ما بي لعادتهِ حَمولُ
May sickness pass you by and come to me, for I,
Illness has exceeded you to me, I
despite what ails me, can bear its customary ways.
Am to its habit loaded down
إذاif ماemphatic particle كنتَyou are ياO أمليmy hope صَحيحاًhealthy
إذا ما كنتَ يا أملي صَحيحاً
فحالفَنيthen may it ally with me وسالمَكَand may it leave you in peace النحولُwasting
فحالفَني وسالمَكَ النحولُ
If you, my hope, are healthy,
If you, my hope, are true
then may wasting ally itself with me and leave you in peace.
Good fortune is mine, and may your thinness be safe
ألستَare you not شقيقَthe brother of ماwhat تحوِيenclose ضُلوعيmy ribs
ألستَ شقيقَ ما تحوِي ضُلوعي
علىdespite أنِّيthe fact that I am بعلتكَbecause of your illness العليلُthe ailing one
على أنِّي بعلتكَ العليلُ
Are you not the brother of what my ribs enclose,
Are you not the brother of what my ribs contain
though your illness makes me the ailing one?
Though to your affliction I am the sick one
Sol 6.1