قَدindeed قُلتُI said لَمّاwhen قالَsaid ليto me قائِلٌsomeone
قَد قُلتُ لَمّا قالَ لي قائِلٌ
قَدindeed صارَhas gone بُقراطُHippocrates إِلىto رَمسِهِhis grave
قَد صارَ بُقراطُ إِلى رَمسِهِ
Indeed, I said when someone told me,
When someone said to me, “Hippocrates has reached his grave”
“Hippocrates has gone to his grave”:
I said, “Then where are the books he had written
فَأَينَso where ماwhat دَوَّنَhe compiled مِنof كُتبِهِhis books
فَأَينَ ما دَوَّنَ مِن كُتبِهِ
وَجَمعُهُand his gathering الأَحجارَthe stones مَعwith جَسِّهِhis palpation
وَجَمعُهُ الأَحجارَ مَع جَسِّهِ
“Where, then, are the books he compiled,
And the stones he had gathered along with his tools?
and his gathering of stones, along with his palpation?
They did not avail him when his fate came due
لَمdid not يُغنِهِavail him إِذwhen حُمَّwas decreed مِقدارُهُhis fate
لَم يُغنِهِ إِذ حُمَّ مِقدارُهُ
وَلَمand did not يُساوِequal in value العُشرَa tenth مِنof فلسِهِhis copper coin
وَلَم يُساوِ العُشرَ مِن فلسِهِ
None of it availed him when his fate was decreed,
Nor were they worth a tenth of one of his coins.
nor was it worth a tenth of his copper coin.
Alas! One who cannot defend himself
هَيهاتَfar from it! لاnot يَدفَعُwards off عَنfrom غَيرِهِanother
هَيهاتَ لا يَدفَعُ عَن غَيرِهِ
مَنwho كانَwas لاnot يَدفَعُwards off عَنfrom نَفسِهِhimself
مَن كانَ لا يَدفَعُ عَن نَفسِهِ
Far from it! No one can ward off harm from another
Cannot defend another.”
who could not ward it off from himself.”
Partial English translation: 7 of 8 Arabic lines translated.
Sol 6.1