دو کس رنج بیهوده بردند و سعی بیفایده کردند: یکی آن که اندوخت و نخورد و دیگر آن که آموخت و نکرد.
علم چندان که بیشتر خوانی
چون عمل در تو نیست نادانی
نه محقّق بود نه دانشمند
چارپایی بر او کتابی چند
آن تهیمغز را چه علم و خبر
که بر او هیزم است یا دفتر
Two men took useless trouble and strove without any profit, when one of them accumulated property without enjoying it, and the other learnt without practising what he had learnt.
However much science thou mayest acquire Thou art ignorant when there is no practice in thee. Neither deeply learned nor a scholar will be A quadruped loaded with some books. What information or knowledge does the silly beast posses Whether it is carrying a load of wood or of books?