أَرى فيكَ يا عيسى الطَبيبَ فَضيلَةً

أَرى فيكَ يا عيسى الطَبيبَ فَضيلَةً

هِيَ الضِدَّ مِن أَفعالِ عيسى بنِ مَريَمِ

هِيَ الضِدَّ مِن أَفعالِ عيسى بنِ مَريَمِ

I see in you, O Isa the physician, a virtue

I see in you, O doctor, a vice

That is the opposite of the deeds of Isa, son of Mary.

That is the opposite of Jesus son of Mary's deeds

تُميتُ لَنا الأَحياءَ مِن غَيرِ عِلَّةٍ

تُميتُ لَنا الأَحياءَ مِن غَيرِ عِلَّةٍ

وَتُضني وَتُغني بِاليَدَينِ وَبِالفَمِ

وَتُضني وَتُغني بِاليَدَينِ وَبِالفَمِ

You kill the living for us without any illness,

You kill the living without illness

And you weaken and enrich with both hands and mouth.

And you stingily heal with your hands and mouth

وَتَحمي وَلَكِن عَن شِفاءٍ وَصِحَّةٍ

وَتَحمي وَلَكِن عَن شِفاءٍ وَصِحَّةٍ

وَتَحقِنُ إِلّا لِلحَياءِ وَلِلدَمِ

وَتَحقِنُ إِلّا لِلحَياءِ وَلِلدَمِ

And you prescribe abstinence—but from healing and health,

You protect, but not for healing or health

And you hold things back—except modesty and blood.

You only inject for shame and bloodshed

فَما أَنتَ إِلّا خَبطُ عَشواءَ مَن تُصِب

فَما أَنتَ إِلّا خَبطُ عَشواءَ مَن تُصِب

تُمِتهُ وَمَن تُخطِىء يُعَمَّر فَيُهدَمِ

تُمِتهُ وَمَن تُخطِىء يُعَمَّر فَيُهدَمِ

So you are nothing but a blind she-camel's flailing: whoever you strike,

You are but the blind groping of one who strikes

You kill him; and whoever you miss lives long, then is demolished.

He whom you hit dies, and he whom you miss lives only to be ruined