Do not pair dried fish with meat cutlets,
Do not wash wine down with milk.
Incompatible dishes are not only a matter of etiquette,
They will not be accepted by the stomach itself.

Some combinations beg to be divided,
Water will in no way mix with fire.
Wheels will not roll uphill by themselves.
A motor turns them, or a horse pulls them.

The nature of engines and of horses is different,
As are the bearings of vocations.
Let us recognize it at the start, before it is too late:
Two plus two does not always come out four.