إنَّ الشفاءَ مجلَّهٌ طبيَّةٌ

جَمَعت فاوعت خير مَدحٍ قد وفى

The cure in full is a medical collection

It gathered and comprehended the best praise that fulfilled

فالطبُّ أشرف ما بِهِ بَحَث الوَرى

اذ كان في الدنيا يخصُّ الاشرفا

Medicine is the noblest that existence has sought

Since it was in life that ennobles the noblest

وَنَراهُ مُحَدثَ نَشأَةٍ معَ قدمهِ

فالبحث فيهِ خير ما قد أُلِّفا

We see it as an ancient yet novel creation

Seeking it is the best composition compiled

كَمَجَلَّةٍ غرّآءَ عزَّ مَقامُها

جمعت بِهِ ما جلَّ مِمّا اِستُطرفا

Like a brilliant journal, lofty is its station

It gathered what was most wondrous of wondrous finds

وأَتَت من الماضي على ذكر الَّذي

فيهِ فوائدُ كنَّ في طيّ الخفا

And it came from the past with mention of what

In it has benefits that were in scrolls concealed

فَبِها التَقي بستور مع بقراطَ وال

شيخِ الرَئيس وغيرهِ مِمَّن قفا

Through it the pious met Hippocrates and Galen

The Sheikh, the Chief and others who excelled

وَبها دقائق مُلحَقات الطبّ قد

أُوسعنَ بحثا واِكثنِهنَ تَفلسُفا

In it are subtleties of medicine's additions

Researched extensively, increasingly philosophical

وَمَسائِلٌ مدَنيَّةٌ وَمطالبٌ

عميَّةٌ والكُلُّ مِمّا اِستؤنِفا

Civil issues, obscure requests and all

That was initiated and continued

وَهيَ البديعة في البلاد اِستُنبطت

تُروي العِطاش بموردٍ منها صفا

It is the marvel in the land, ingeniously deduced

Quenching the thirsty from a clear flowing source

وَهي الطَبيب يَعود اذ لا عائدٌ

مترفّقا بعليلهِ متلطّفا

It is the doctor who makes his rounds when none can be found

Attentive to his patient, gentle and kind

لا يعدل الخبرُ العيانَ ومَن يكن

للشيءِ مختبراً وقال فقد كَفى

News cannot match eyewitness, and he who has

Examined something and spoke has said enough

وَالطبُّ غايتهُ الشفآءُ لذي الضَنى

فأَهمُّ ما يُهدى اليهِ هوَ الشِفا

Medicine's purpose is healing the aggrieved

So the most important offering is a cure