اجعل لعقلكَ مرآةً تَراهُ بِها
وانظر اليهِ بعين الفكر تُصلحُهُ
Make for your mind a mirror in which you may see it;
And gaze upon it with the eye of thought, that you may set it right.
وان يكن سطحها قد شابهُ كدرٌ
فالعلم انفعُ شيءٍ اذ تنفّحِهُ
And if murk has marred its surface,
For knowledge is the most beneficial thing when you bestow it upon the mind.
Sol 5.6