أَرى طِبَّ جالينوسَ للجسمِ وحده

أَرى طِبَّ جالينوسَ للجسمِ وحده

وطبُّ أَبي عمرانَ للعقل والجِسْمِ

وطبُّ أَبي عمرانَ للعقل والجِسْمِ

I see Galen’s medicine as being for the body alone,

I see Galen's medicine is for the body alone,

while Abu Imran’s medicine is for the mind and body.

While the medicine of Abū ʿImrān is for the mind and body.

فلو أَنَّه طَبَّ الزمانَ بعلْمِه

فلو أَنَّه طَبَّ الزمانَ بعلْمِه

لأَبْرأَه من داءِ الجهالَةِ بالْعِلْمِ

لأَبْرأَه من داءِ الجهالَةِ بالْعِلْمِ

So if he treated Time with his knowledge,

If only he had healed the times with his knowledge,

he would cure it of the disease of ignorance through knowledge.

He would have cured it of the disease of ignorance with learning.

ولو كان بدرُ التِّم مَنْ يستطبه

ولو كان بدرُ التِّم مَنْ يستطبه

لتَّم له ما يدَّعيه من التِّم

لتَّم له ما يدَّعيه من التِّم

And were the full moon the one seeking his treatment,

And if the full moon of perfection were one who could heal him,

the fullness it claims would become complete for it.

It would complete for him what he claims of perfection.

وداوَاه يوم التِّم من كَلَفٍ به

وداوَاه يوم التِّم من كَلَفٍ به

وأَبرأَه يومَ السِّرارِ من السُّقْم

وأَبرأَه يومَ السِّرارِ من السُّقْم

And he would treat it, on the day of fullness, for the dark blemishes upon it,

And it would heal him on the day of perfection from any fraud in him,

and cure it of sickness on the day of its dark phase.

And cure him on the day of secrets from illness.