المثلُ يعقلُ ما يحوي مماثلُه

في النفس من كلّ ما تعطى حقيقته

The parable comprehends what resembles it

In the soul, of all that is given its truth

فما من اسم له إلاّ ويأخذُه

منه ولكنْ بما تعطي سليقته

So there is no name for it but takes

From it, but by what its nature gives

ما يمتري في الذي جئنا به بشر

إلا الذي عندنا اختلَّت طريقته

What contends in what we came with good news

Except what among us its way was differed

قد يحكمُ الشخصُ أمراً ثم يخطئه

وقد تعود على الداهي فليقته

A person may judge a matter then miss it

And the ignorant may return to his vomit

كما يطالبُ شخصٌ عن عقيقته

كذاك تطلبه عقلاً عقيقته

As a person asks about his brow

So does his intellect ask about its truth