sharadi na varshati garjati varshati varshashu nihsvano meghah |
nicho vadati na kurute vadati na sadhuh karotyeva ||

शरदि न वर्षति गर्जति वर्षति वर्षाषु निःस्वनो मेघः |
नीचो  वदति  न कुरुते वदति न  साधुः  करोत्येव ||

In autumn, clouds may loudly rumble,
But not a drop of rain will tumble.
When monsoons come, the clouds are silent
And yet they rain down hard and violent.

The fools who thunder, boom and roar
Accomplish nothing, nothing more.
The wise and calm and thoughtful one
Acts silently and gets things done.

kakah krishnah pikah krishnah ko bheda pikakakayoh |
vasantasamaye prapte kakah kakah pikah pikah ||

काकः कृष्णः पिकः कृष्णः को भेद पिककाकयोः |
वसन्तसमये प्राप्ते काकः काकः पिकः पिकः ||

The cuckoo’s black and so’s the crow.
The birds are identical, no?
When lovely spring is here, one knows:
The cuckoo coos, the crow just crows.

sarpa durjanayormadhye varam sarpo na durjanah |
sarpam danshati kalena durjanastu pade pade ||

सर्प दुर्जनयोर्मध्ये वरं सर्पो न दुर्जनः |
सर्पं दंशति कालेन दुर्जनस्तु पदे पदे ||

Between a villain and a snake
The snake is better for your sake.
The snake may bite you once a while.
The villain bites you every mile.