رأى عارِضي لمّا رأى سُقْمَ بَطْنِهِ

رأى عارِضي لمّا رأى سُقْمَ بَطْنِهِ

وقالَ ولمْ يُرْشَدْ لحِذْقٍ ولا كَيْسِ

وقالَ ولمْ يُرْشَدْ لحِذْقٍ ولا كَيْسِ

He saw my cheek-whiskers when he noticed his belly’s ailment,

When the quack saw my sickness of belly

And said, with neither skill nor good sense:

And said, though not wisely nor aptly,

ألمْ تدْرِ أنّي عِلّةَ البطْنِ أشْتَكي

ألمْ تدْرِ أنّي عِلّةَ البطْنِ أشْتَكي

وينْفَعُ مَنْ يشْكو بِها لِحْيَةُ التّيْسِ

وينْفَعُ مَنْ يشْكو بِها لِحْيَةُ التّيْسِ

Did you not know that I suffer from a belly ailment,

"Don't you know, sir, the pain in your belly I seek to allay

And that a he-goat’s beard helps whoever suffers from it?

Is cured by applying the beard of a goat, they say!"