«لجواز أن يكون الاتفاق من قبيل توارد الخواطر»
“For the resemblance may have arisen from a convergence of thoughts.”
A likeness between two poets does not prove that one had encountered the other’s verse. Shared experience, custom and culture can generate similar ideas independently.
Caution: A claim of specific borrowing should account for the rarity of the resemblance, the chronology and any plausible means of transmission. Similarity alone cannot establish the writer’s intention with certainty.