1. إِنَّ الطَبيبَ بِطِبِّهِ وَدَوائِهِ

    لا يَستَطيعُ دِفاعَ مَكروهٍ أَتى

    Indeed, the physician, with his medical skill and his medicine,

    cannot ward off a calamity that has come.

  2. ما لِلطَبيبِ يَموتُ بِالداءِ الَّذي

    قَد كانَ يُبرِئُ جُرحَهُ فيما مَضى

    Why does the physician die of the illness whose

    wound he used to heal in times gone by?

  3. ذَهَبَ المُداوي وَالمُداوى وَالَّذي

    جَلَبَ الدَواءَ وَباعَهُ وَمَنِ اِشتَرى

    Gone are the healer, the patient, and the one who

    brought the medicine and sold it, and whoever bought it.