1. شجُع الطبيب وليس بابن مُكدَّمٍ

    فيكم وليس بعنترِ الكَرَّارِ

    The physician grew bold, though he was no Ibn Mukaddam,

    among you, nor was he ʿAntar, the ever-charging warrior,

  2. لما دنا بحَديدةٍ مسْنونةٍ

    لجراحِ أشبالِ الهِزْبر الضَّاري

    when he drew near with a sharpened iron blade

    to wound the cubs of the ferocious lion.

  3. فحمتْهُ من شَركِ المهالك سُنَّةٌ

    مأثورةٌ عن أحمد المُختارِ

    Then a tradition shielded him from the snare of destruction,

    handed down from Ahmad, the Chosen One.

  4. فَطردتُ بأسَ حفيظتي بتبعُّدي

    وهزمتُ عن ديني خميسَ العارِ

    So I drove off my indignation’s fury by keeping my distance,

    and routed the army of shame away from my faith.