لَناwe have طَبيبٌa physician شاعِرٌa poet أَشتَرُcleft-eyelidded
لَنا طَبيبٌ شاعِرٌ أَشتَرُ
أَراحَناmay He rid us مِنof شَخصِهِhis presence اللَهُGod
أَراحَنا مِن شَخصِهِ اللَهُ
We have a physician, a poet with a cleft eyelid;
We have a doctor who is a poet I bought
may God rid us of his presence!
God has given us relief through his person
ماnever عادَvisited the sick فيin صُبحَةِthe morning of يَومٍa day فَتىًa young man
ما عادَ في صُبحَةِ يَومٍ فَتىً
إِلّاexcept that وَفيand during باقيهِthe rest of it وَفّاهُhe took his life
إِلّا وَفي باقيهِ وَفّاهُ
He never visited a young man one morning
No longer is there in the morning of a day a young man
without taking his life later that day.
Unless in the rest of it his mouth healed him