Sol 6.1

  1. I have known the physicians of the age, and among

    the most eminent physicians of the age was Nazif.

  2. The minister's judgment chose him, and he is

    well acquainted with capable men, and exalted.

  3. He undertook the new charge, and for a task like it

    and greater tasks in the land, he is judicious.

  4. A noble trust of your profession, O Nazif,

    you safeguard for your people, noble as you are.

  5. The sons of your lofty learning have gathered at your side,

    and throughout the realm, those taught by you number thousands.

  6. They honor the excellence in you, sacred as it is,

    and cherish the affection in you, tender as it is.

  7. And through good character you have attained what cannot be attained

    through rule by a harsh tyrant of fierce temper.

  8. You treat illness with medicine, and at times

    you treat it with kindness, which takes many forms.

  9. You will fill the city's sons with health,

    as you move about it, filling every eye.

  10. So two days will not pass before its air

    is a spring retreat and a summer haven for every resident.

  11. Nor does it greet the morning without, from every nation,

    lodgers who love it and guests staying there.

  12. And you are its protector when war thunders,

    and calamities and reversals of fortune circle around it.

Sol 6.1