1. هلا تَذَكَّرَني حَبيبٌ ناسي

    قاطَعتُ أَهلي في هَواه وَناسي

    Why has a forgetful beloved not remembered me?

    I severed ties with my family and my people for love of him.

  2. أَو كُلَّما أَمّلتُ مِنهُ مَوعِداً

    خابَ الرَجا فيهِ فَلَيسَ يُواسي

    Or whenever I hope for a meeting with him,

    hope in him fails, and he offers no solace.

  3. وَجدي بِهِ نامٍ وَشَوقي زائدٌ

    وَصُدوده أَوهَى جَميع حَواسي

    My passion for him grows, and my longing increases;

    and his rejection has weakened all my senses.

  4. وَالجسم كادَ يَذوب مِن فَرط الجَفا

    لَولا مُعالجةُ الطَبيب الآسي

    And my body nearly melted from excessive estrangement,

    but for the treatment of the healing physician.

  5. ذاكَ الرَئيس محمدٌ كنزُ الشفا

    إِكليل سحبانٍ وَتاجُ إِياس

    That chief, Muhammad, the treasure of healing,

    Sahban's garland and Iyas's crown.

  6. لَو عاين الكنديُّ حسنَ علاجه

    لَسَعى إِلَيهِ بهمة وَحَماس

    Had al-Kindi seen the excellence of his treatment,

    he would have hastened to him with zeal and ardor.

  7. وَأَتى أَبو نصرٍ لكعبة علمه

    وَأَعاذه بِاللَه مِن خنّاس

    And Abu Nasr would have come to the Kaaba of his learning,

    and sought God's protection for him from a lurking tempter.

  8. وَأَقرّ بقراطٌ لَهُ برياسةٍ

    في طبه الخالي عَن الوسواس

    And Hippocrates would have acknowledged his preeminence

    in his medical practice, free from misgivings.

  9. وَمَشى اِبنُ سينا في ركاب جَنابه

    لَما رَآه جاءَ فَوقَ أَساس

    And Ibn Sina would have walked in his august retinue,

    when he saw him established upon a foundation.

  10. هَذا الَّذي أَحيا بقوّة فهمه

    فنّ الجِراحة فَهوَ خَير الناس

    This is he who revived, through the power of his understanding,

    the art of surgery; he is the best of men.

  11. هَذا الَّذي شَهد الأَنام بِأَنَّهُ

    في الطب كَالإكليل فَوقَ الراس

    This is he of whom humankind has testified that he is

    in medicine like a crown upon the head.

  12. هَذا الَّذي الأَمراض أَصبَح جَيشُها

    مِن عَزمه في سكرة وَنُعاس

    This is he—the army of diseases now lies,

    through his resolve, in stupor and drowsiness.

  13. فَإِذا رَآه الداء أَقبل مُسرِعاً

    لِعِلاجه ولَّى بِغَير مَساس

    So when disease sees him approaching swiftly

    to treat it, it turns and flees without a touch.

  14. وَهُوَ الَّذي أَمسَت بِهِ أَوطانُه

    في الأَمن مِن مَرضٍ وَشدّة باس

    And he is the one through whom his native lands have become

    safe from illness and severe affliction.

  15. هَل قاسه بِسواه إلا جاهلٌ

    في مَنطق بِنتيجة وَقِياس

    Has anyone but an ignoramus compared him with another

    in logic, by inference and syllogism?

  16. أَتُقاس شَمس للمعارف أَشرَقَت

    في سائر الأَقطار بِالنبراس

    Can a sun of knowledge that has shone

    across all lands be compared with a lamp?

  17. فَاللَه يُظهره عَلى أَعدائه

    وَيمدّه بمحبة الجلاس

    So may God grant him victory over his enemies,

    and sustain him with the love of his companions,

  18. وَيَزيده بَين البرية رفعةً

    يَزهو بِها أَبَداً عَلى الأَجناس

    and increase his eminence among humankind,

    that he may forever glory in it above all peoples.