All Things Else

From Poems From the Sanskrit , translated by John Brough ©1977:

Water to quench a blaze,
Shade to keep off the sun's fierce light,
Goad for the elephant in rut,
Stick for the ox and mule,
Herbs to subdue disease,
Spells for the poison serpent's bite--
All things else have an antidote:
Nothing can cure a fool.

~Anonymous