وقالَ يَوماً لِعُوَّادِي وأضحَكهُ

وقالَ يَوماً لِعُوَّادِي وأضحَكهُ

ما بِي وقَد كادَ لَولا الحُبُّ يُبكِيهِ

ما بِي وقَد كادَ لَولا الحُبُّ يُبكِيهِ

And one day he said to my sickbed visitors, laughing

He said to me one day, laughing,

at my ailment, though, but for love, it would almost have made him weep:

"What's wrong with me? If not for love, I would weep!

إنِّي لأعرفُ إنساناً يُعالِجُهُ

إنِّي لأعرفُ إنساناً يُعالِجُهُ

دُونَ البَريَّةِ في لُطفٍ فَيُبرِيهِ

دُونَ البَريَّةِ في لُطفٍ فَيُبرِيهِ

“I certainly know someone who treats him,

I know a man who treats me

apart from all others, gently, and so heals him.”

With such kindness in the wilderness that he heals me!"