درستُ طبائع الأجساد عاماً
ولولا عسرُ هضمٍ ما درستُ
I studied the natures of bodies for a year.
And were it not for indigestion, I would not have studied.
طبيباً صرت إلا أن طبي
نفعت به سواي وما انتفعتُ
I became a physician, but as for my medicine,
I helped others with it, yet gained no benefit myself.
وأحسب أنني والداء فردٌ
بأدواءٍ ستقتلني أُصِبتُ
And I think that illness and I are one.
I have been afflicted with diseases that will kill me.
Sol 6.1