لَمَّا رَأيتُ الأَرْضَ دُونَك قَدْرُهَا

وَرَأَيْتُ حَقَّكَ آخِذاً بِعِنَانِي

When I saw the earth beneath you as worthless dust,

And saw your right taking me by the reins,

أَهْدَيْتُكَ الْعِلْمَ الَّذِي بِقَبُولِهِ

كَتَبَ الالإَهُ مَزِيَّةَ الإِنْسَانِ

I gifted you knowledge whose acceptance

God ordained as the honor of mankind.

وَاخْتَرتُ فَنَّ الطِّبِّ مِنْهُ لِقَوْلِهِ

الْعِلْمُ فِيمَا خَرَّجُوا عِلْمَانِ

And I chose the art of medicine for his saying:

“There are two branches of knowledge.”

فَالْعِلْمُ بِالأَدْيَانِ عِلْمٌ أَوَّلٌ

وَالْعِلْمُ بِالأَبدَانِ عِلْمٌ ثَانِي

So knowledge of religions is the first branch of knowledge,

And knowledge of bodies is the second branch.

سَلَبَ العِدَى كُتْبِي فَقَامَ بِنُصْرَتِي

حِفْظِي عَلَى عَجَلٍ وَفهْمِ جَنَانِ

It saved my books from harm and came to my aid

Through my memorization done hastily and the insight of two minds.

وَخَصَّصْتُهُ لَكَ بِالْعِلاَجِ لِكَوْنِهِ

يُحْتَاجُ دُونَ سِوَاهُ كُلَّ زَمَانِ

And I assigned it to you for treatment, because

It is needed, unlike others, at all times,

حَتَّى تُرَى عُمُرَ الطَّبِيعَةِ بَالِغاً

بِمَشِيئَةٍ مِنْ مُبْدِع الأَكْوَانِ

Until the lifespan of nature is seen to reach

Maturity by the will of the Creator of the cosmos.

فَانْشُرْ بِهِ ذِكْراً وَفَخْراً وَاسْتَزِدْ

مِنْ أَجْلِهِ أَجْراً بِكُلِّ مَكَانِ

So spread through it a mention, pride, and increase

For its sake a reward in every place.

أَبقَيْتَنِي فَتَرَكتُ ذِكْرَكَ بَاقِيا

يُتْلَى بِمَدْرَسَةٍ وَمَارِسْتَانِ

You made me remain, leaving mention of you remaining

To be recited in a school and hospital.

وَرَفَعْتَ مِنْ شَأنِي فَزَادَكَ مَنْ قَضَى

لَكَ بِالْعُلَى وَالْعِزِّ رِفْعَةَ شَأنِي

And you raised my status, so the one who decreed

For you loftiness and honor increased my status.