تأنَّ في الشَّيء إذا رُمتَهُ

لِتعرفَ الرُّشْدَ مِنَ الغيِّ

Be deliberate in a thing when you attempt it

That you may know rectitude from error;

لا تَتْبَعَنْ كُلّ دُخانٍ ترى

فالنَّارُ قدْ توقَدُ لِلكَيِّ

Do not follow every smoke that you see,

For fire could be kindled for stewing.

وقِسْ على الشَّيءِ بأشكالِهِ

يدلُّكَ الشَّيءُ على الشَّيءِ

And judge the thing by its forms,

The thing leads you to the thing.