1. وَما أَلسُنُ الراوينَ إِلّا صَوارِمُ

    كَما أَنَّ أَعراضَ اللِئامِ رِقابُ

    And the tongues of reciters are nothing but keen swords,

    Just as the reputations of the base are necks.

  2. فَلا تُنكِروا الأَنفاسَ وَهيَ دِماؤُهُم

    وَلا تُنكِروا الأَقلامَ فَهيَ حِرابُ

    So do not find the breaths strange—they are their blood,

    And do not find the pens strange, for they are spears.