فَرطُ التداوي بالتوالي آفةٌ

فَرطُ التداوي بالتوالي آفةٌ

للجِسم فَهوَ بفرطِهِ يُضنِيهِ

للجِسم فَهوَ بفرطِهِ يُضنِيهِ

Excessive treatment, time after time, is a scourge

Excessive treatment in succession is harmful

To the body, for its excess wears it down.

For the body, so with excess it makes it sick

لم ينتفع عُضوٌ بهِ إِلَّا أَضَرَّ

لم ينتفع عُضوٌ بهِ إِلَّا أَضَرَّ

بغيرهِ فشِفاهُ سُقمُ اخيهِ

بغيرهِ فشِفاهُ سُقمُ اخيهِ

No organ has benefited from it without harm

No organ has benefited from it except it has harmed

To another; its cure is its brother's sickness.

Another so its healing is the illness of its brother

فالسيفُ يُجلَى بالصِقال وانما

فالسيفُ يُجلَى بالصِقال وانما

فرطُ الصِقالِ على المَدَى يَبريهِ

فرطُ الصِقالِ على المَدَى يَبريهِ

For the sword is burnished by polishing, but only

The sword is polished with honing but

Excessive polishing, over time, wears it away.

Excessive honing in the long term ruins it

والغَسلُ يُنقي الثوبَ من أَدرانِهِ

والغَسلُ يُنقي الثوبَ من أَدرانِهِ

لكنما استمرارُهُ يُبليهِ

لكنما استمرارُهُ يُبليهِ

And washing cleanses the garment of its grime,

Washing purifies clothes of their stains

But continuing it wears the garment out.

But its continuation wears them out

ان الدواءَ ليَستحيلُ إلى الدَوَى

ان الدواءَ ليَستحيلُ إلى الدَوَى

ان لم يُصادِف عِلَّةً تعنيهِ

ان لم يُصادِف عِلَّةً تعنيهِ

Indeed, medicine turns into disease

Medicine does not turn into illness

If it encounters no ailment that calls for it.

Unless it meets an ailment it can treat