تقدم في الطبِّ عبدُ العزيزِ

فكادَ المسيحُ يُرى تابِعا

Advances in medicine made by Abdelaziz,

The Messiah was almost seen following him.

تكادُ من النجْعِ آراؤه

ويستقربُ الأملَ الشاسِعا

His views from Naj almost

Attain vast hopes.

وإن ضاقَ من غيره مسلكٌ

رأيتَ له منهَجاً واسعا

If the path was narrowed by others,

You saw for him a broad methodology.

فحكّم في قطْعِ أصلِ السَقامِ

مهنّدُ صحّتِه القاطِعا

He determined with his penetrating health

To cut out the root of all maladies.

ونظرتُه نضرةٌ للمريضِ

فكم ذابلٍ ردّهُ يانِعا

His look was refreshing for the patient,

So he returned many a withered one to bloom.

فلو جازَ في العُرفِ دفعُ الحِمامِ

لكان له طبُّهُ دافِعا

If it was conventional to pay the doctor,

His treatment would have been remunerative.