1. طِبُّ اِبنُ شَمعونٍ بِلا ريبَةٍ

    حكمٌ عَلى هَذا الوَرى يَقضي

    Ibn Sham‘un’s medicine, without a doubt,

    is a sentence pronounced upon these mortals.

  2. ما عادَ يَوماً مَن بِهِ عِلَّةٌ

    وَعادَ مَوجوداً عَلى الأَرضِ

    Never once has he visited an ailing person

    who afterward remained alive upon the earth.

  3. يَمشي وَعَزرائيلُ مِن خَلفِهِ

    مُشَمِّرَ الأَردانِ لِلقَبضِ

    He walks with Azrael behind him,

    his sleeves rolled up, ready to seize.