1. When you speak to a people to entertain them
Of past and future things of which you tell
١. إذا تَحدَّثْتَ في قَومٍ لِتُؤْنِسَهُمْ
بِما تُحَدِّتُ عن ماضٍ وعن آتِ
2. Do not repeat a saying, for their nature
Is set on hating hated retellings
٢. فَلا تُعِيدَنَّ قَولاً إنَّ طبعَهُمُ
مُوَكَّلَ بِمُعاداةِ المُعاداتِ