قلtell لعمروٍto ʿAmr عمروِʿAmr بنson of عثمانِʿUthmān ياO فَاkni- (beginning of 'knight')
قل لعمروٍ عمروِ بن عثمانِ يا فَا
رسَ-ght (completion of 'knight') طبٍّmedicine أعيىproved too difficult علىfor كلِّevery فارسْknight
رسَ طبٍّ أعيى على كلِّ فارسْ
Tell ʿAmr—ʿAmr son of ʿUthmān—O kni-
Tell Amro, son of Othman, O knight
ght of medicine that has baffled every knight:
Expert in medicine, beyond any knight’s sight
أناI منbecause of إصبعيmy finger ومنand because of داحسٍa whitlow (finger infection) فيin
أنا من إصبعي ومن داحسٍ في
هاit (my finger) كأنِّيas though I مشاهدٌwitnessing حرْبَthe war of داحسDāḥis
ها كأنِّي مشاهدٌ حرْبَ داحس
Because of my finger and a whitlow in
I am of the lineage of my thumb and Dahis
it, I feel as though I am witnessing the War of Dāḥis.
As though witnessing Dahis’ war firsthand