هَلْ للعَليلِ سوى ابنِ قُرَّةَ شَافي

هَلْ للعَليلِ سوى ابنِ قُرَّةَ شَافي

بعدَ الإلهِ وهل له من كافي

بعدَ الإلهِ وهل له من كافي

Has the ailing man any healer other than Ibn Qurra,

Is there for the sick but the son of Qurrah a healer

After God—and has he anyone to meet his needs?

After God, and who else can suffice?

أحيا لنا عِلمَ الفَلاسِفَةِ الذي

أحيا لنا عِلمَ الفَلاسِفَةِ الذي

أَودَى وأوضَحَ رَسمَ طُبٍّ عافي

أَودَى وأوضَحَ رَسمَ طُبٍّ عافي

He revived for us the philosophers' knowledge, which

He revived for us the knowledge of philosophers that

Had perished, and made clear the faded traces of medicine.

Had perished and elucidated the outlines of pure medicine

فكأنَّه عيسى بنُ مريمَ ناطقاً

فكأنَّه عيسى بنُ مريمَ ناطقاً

يَهَبُ الحياةَ بأيسَرِ الأوصافِ

يَهَبُ الحياةَ بأيسَرِ الأوصافِ

So he seems like Jesus, son of Mary, speaking,

So it is as if he were Jesus son of Mary speaking

Bestowing life with the simplest prescriptions.

Bestowing life in the easiest of ways

مَثَلتْ له قارورَتي فرأى بها

مَثَلتْ له قارورَتي فرأى بها

ما اكتَنَّ بينَ جَوانِحي وشِغافي

ما اكتَنَّ بينَ جَوانِحي وشِغافي

My flask stood before him, and through it he saw

My flasks appeared before him, and in them he saw

What lay hidden between my ribs and my heart's sheath.

What was hidden within my organs and vessels

يبدو له الدّاءُ الخَفِيُّ كَما بدا

يبدو له الدّاءُ الخَفِيُّ كَما بدا

للعَيْنِ رَضْراضُ الغديرِ الصافي

للعَيْنِ رَضْراضُ الغديرِ الصافي

The hidden illness is visible to him, just as are

The hidden illness appears to him as the ripple appeared

The pebbles of a clear pool to the eye.

To the eye in the limpid pond