حَذارِ طِبَّ اِبنَ شَمعونَ فَقَد حَلَفَت

أَن لا تُفارِقُ جِسماً زارَهُ العِلَلُ

Beware the medicine of Ibn Sham’un, for he has sworn

That it shall not leave a body visited by illness.

ما جَسَّ نَبضَ فَتىً إِلّا وَأَنشَدَهُ

وَدِّع هَريرَةَ إنَّ الركَلبَ مُرتَحِلُ

It stilled the pulse of no man but recited him verses,

Bid farewell to Hareerah, for Al-Rakalb departs.