يا راكِباً مُستَعجِلاً حاجَةً

قَرِيبةً تُشفَى بها العلَّه

O rider in haste for a need

That's soon remedied and healed

عارِض وَعرِّض بي إِذا صِرت في

حَضرَةِ مَيمونِ بنِ عَبدِ اللَّه

If you meet Maimum son of Abdallah

Then let him know from me

واعلِمهُ أنِّي قَد تَعلَّمتُ أن

أُعالجِ العِلَّة بالقِلَّه

That I've learned to treat illness

With little remedy

والنَّاسُ مِن حَولي مَوَدّاتُهم

معَ اختِلالِ الحالِ مُختَلَّه

And people's affection for me

Despite my troubled state

كأنَّنِي في يَومِ حَشرٍ وَلا

تَعارفٌ ثَمَّ ولا خُلَّه

Is confused like the Day of Gathering

With no knowing of friends or peers