Translation - Spanish-Latin - "Cuando el sable este mohoso,el ...

es parte de la sabiduria china

Bridge by dear Lilian:
"When the sabre is mouldy, the plough is gleaming, the jail is empty, the barn is full, the stairs of the Temple are worn out, the stairs to the Court are full of weeds and finally, when the doctor walks (goes on foot), the baker rides a horse and the man of letters drives a car (goes by car), the nation is well ruled (governed)"