أَعيىbaffled علىfor كلevery نَطسٍskilled physician طِبُّtreatment اربعةٍfour
أَعيى على كل نَطسٍ طِبُّ اربعةٍ
عزَّwas hard to obtain الشِفاءُthe cure لهاfor them فيamong العُربِthe Arabs والعَجَمِand the non-Arabs
عزَّ الشِفاءُ لها في العُربِ والعَجَمِ
The treatment of four ailments has baffled every skilled physician;
Blind to every fault my heart finds good in four:
their cure is elusive among Arabs and non-Arabs:
Healing is hard among Arabs and foreigners alike;
الجهلُignorance فيwith صَلَفٍarrogance والبُغضُand hatred فيwith حَسَدٍenvy
الجهلُ في صَلَفٍ والبُغضُ في حَسَدٍ
والفَقرُand poverty فيwith كَسَلٍidleness والسُقمُand sickness فيwith هَرَمold age
والفَقرُ في كَسَلٍ والسُقمُ في هَرَم
ignorance with arrogance, and hatred with envy;
Ignorance lies in conceit, hatred in envy,
and poverty with idleness, and sickness with old age.
Poverty in laziness, illness in old age.