1. في الكون مجنونان ذاك لعبقر

    ينُمى  وذا  لا  يدرِك  الأشياء

    There are two madmen in the universe: that one to ʿAbqar

    is ascribed, and this one does not understand things.

  2. هذا   يدير   العاقلون   جنونَه

    وجنون   ذاك   يدّبر  العقلاء

    The sane manage this one's madness,

    and that one's madness directs the sane.