لا تسع في أمر ولا تعمل به

لا تسع في أمر ولا تعمل به

ما لم يزنه لديك عقل ثان

ما لم يزنه لديك عقل ثان

Do not pursue a matter or act on it

Do not undertake a matter or act upon it

Unless a second mind has weighed it for you.

Unless you weigh it with a second mind

فالشعر معتدلٌ بوزن عروضه

فالشعر معتدلٌ بوزن عروضه

وكذا اعتدال الشمس بالميزان

وكذا اعتدال الشمس بالميزان

For poetry is balanced by its prosodic measure,

For poetry is balanced by the meter of its verse

And likewise the sun finds balance in Libra, the Scales.

As the sun is balanced on the scale