اصبرْbe patient علىwith مترادِفِsuccessive الضَّرَّاءِhardship
اصبرْ على مترادِفِ الضَّرَّاءِ
فلعلَّfor perhaps ذلكthat مُؤذِنٌa harbinger بشِفاءِof recovery
فلعلَّ ذلك مُؤذِنٌ بشِفاءِ
Be patient with hardship upon hardship,
Be patient with the succession of misfortunes,
For perhaps that heralds recovery.
Perhaps that is a herald of recovery.
ماwhat حالَthe state of مَنْone who لَعِبَtoyed السَّقامُsickness بجسمِهِwith his body
ما حالَ مَنْ لَعِبَ السَّقامُ بجسمِهِ
ظُلْماًunjustly فعضَّand then bit نفيسةَthe most precious of الأعضاءِthe organs
ظُلْماً فعضَّ نفيسةَ الأعضاءِ
How fares one whose body sickness has toyed with,
What is the state of him whom disease toyed with unjustly,
Unjustly, then bitten the most precious of his organs?
Gnawing at the finest of limbs?
حَظَرَforbade الطبيبُthe physician عليهfor him طيبَwhat is pleasant in غِذائِهhis food
حَظَرَ الطبيبُ عليه طيبَ غِذائِه
وأباحَهand permitted him مكروهَwhat is unpalatable in كلِّevery غِذاءِfood
وأباحَه مكروهَ كلِّ غِذاءِ
The physician forbade him his pleasant food,
The doctor forbade him wholesome food,
And permitted him every unpalatable food.
And made lawful to him the unpleasantness of all foods.
ويعودُهand visits him أعداؤُّهhis enemies وأشدُّand more severe مِنْthan
ويعودُه أعداؤُّه وأشدُّ مِنْ
مَرَضِthe illness of المريضِthe patient عيادةُa visit to the sick by الأعداءِthe enemies
مَرَضِ المريضِ عيادةُ الأعداءِ
And his enemies visit him—and worse than
And his enemies visit him, yet more severe than
The patient's illness is a visit from enemies.
The sickness of the sick is the visit of enemies.