لَيسَ شَيءٌ مِمّا يُدَبِّرُهُ العا

قِلُ إِلَّا وَفيهِ شَيءٌ يُريبُه

Nothing is of what the wise manages

Except that in it there is something that makes him doubt

فَأَخو العَقلِ مُمسِكٌ يَتَوَقَّى

وَيَخافُ الدُّخولَ فيما يَعيبُه

So the brother of reason is one who refrains and is cautious

And fears entering into what would disgrace him

وَأَخو الجَهلِ لا يُقَدّرُ في الأَم

رِ وَإِن أَشكَلَت عَلَيهِ ضُروبُه

While the brother of ignorance does not evaluate matters

Even if their aspects are obscure to him

راكِبٌ رَدعَهُ كَحاطِبِ لَيلٍ

يُخطىءُ الأَمرَ كُلَّهُ أَو يُصيبُه

A rider whose impetuosity is like a fuel gatherer in the night

Who misses the matter completely or hits it

تَتَأتي لَهُ الأُمورُ عَلى الجَه

لِ إِذا ما أَرادَها وَتُجيبُه

Matters come to him confusedly if he wants them and respond to him

While the brother of reason produces an opinion thereafter he is content and at times he doubts it

وَأَخو العَقلِ بَعدُ يُنتِجُ الرَّأ

يَ فَيَرضى وَمَرَّةً يَستَريبُه

And if he makes the far near

It goes back in it so its nearness becomes further

وَإِذا صَيَّرَ البَعيدَ قَريباً

عادَ فيهِ فَاِزدادَ بُعداً قَريبُه

So he is one whose heart is riveted thinking of fate

His anxieties and sorrows are not yet fulfilled

فَهُوَ الدَّهرَ شاخِصُ القَلبِ فِكراً

ما تَقَضّى هُمومُهُ وَكُروبُه