أَنا لا أُكلِّمُ واصباً

أَنا لا أُكلِّمُ واصباً

إلا بإذنٍ منهُ تُمْلَك

إلا بإذنٍ منهُ تُمْلَك

I do not speak to an ailing man

I do not speak to one in despair

except with permission obtained from him.

Except with permission that comes from him

شَرطي شفاءُ الهالكي

شَرطي شفاءُ الهالكي

نَ مِن الأَذى والشَرطُ أملَكْ

نَ مِن الأَذى والشَرطُ أملَكْ

My condition is the healing of those perishing

My condition for curing the ruined ones

from affliction—and the condition takes precedence.

Is to abstain from harm, and that condition I possess