1. Whenever I speak, my years almost erect before me
A figure who reproaches me with admonitions that make me weep,
١. كادَت سِنّي إِذا نَطَقتُ تُقيمُ لي لَهُ
شَخصاً يُعارِضُ بِالعِظاتِ مُبَكِّتا
2. And say, “He who looses his tongue with other than what
Pleases [God], it is right that he should be disgraced and silenced.”
٢. وَتَقولُ مَن بَعَثَ اللِسانَ بِغَيرِ ما
أَرضى فَحَقٌّ أَن يُهانَ وَيَسكُتا