1. Beautiful is your speech, both beginning and answering,
And flattering in every rude expression in discourse,
١. حُسنٌ لِنُطقِكَ بادِئاً وَمُجاوِباً
وَلِكُلِّ فَظٍّ في المَقالِ تَمَلَّقِ
2. And beware an affliction that tries you with a word,
Indeed affliction is entrusted with speech
٢. وَاِحذَر بَلاءً يَبتَليكَ بِلَفظَةٍ
إِنَّ البَلاءَ موكَلٌ بِالمَنطِقِ