لمّاwhen عدِمتُI lacked مُؤَانِساًa comforting companion وَجَليساand a companion to sit with
لمّا عدِمتُ مُؤَانِساً وَجَليسا
نَادَمتُI took as boon companions بُقراطاًHippocrates وجالينوساand Galen
نَادَمتُ بُقراطاً وجالينوسا
When I lacked a comforting companion and someone to sit with me,
I took Hippocrates and Galen as boon companions.
وَجَعَلتُand I made كُتبَهُماtheir books شِفَاءَa remedy for تَفَرُّديmy solitude
وَجَعَلتُ كُتبَهُما شِفَاءَ تَفَرُّدي
وَهُماand they both الشِّفاءُthe cure لِكُلِّfor every جُرحٍwound يُوسىis tended
وَهُما الشِّفاءُ لِكُلِّ جُرحٍ يُوسى
And I made their books a remedy for my solitude,
And they are the cure for every wound that is tended.
ووجَدتُand I found عِلمهُماtheir knowledge إِذاwhen حَصَّلتَهُyou have acquired it
ووجَدتُ عِلمهُما إِذا حَصَّلتَهُ
يُذكيkindles وَيُحييand revives لِلجُسومِfor bodies نُفوساsouls
يُذكي وَيُحيي لِلجُسومِ نُفوسا
And I found that their knowledge, once you have acquired it,
Kindles and revives souls within bodies.