1. Do not come near those fine-threaded words,
That are like delicate needles,

2. Like when a man guesses, saying to a child
In his cradle, though the child doesn't understand,

3. "Your eyes are frozen, which tells me
That you're either a heretic or a fool."

4. Put aside such guessing, for if it were right,
Then what, my people, would come of hated speech?

5. Rather, what benefits the wise old man
Is a saying like this, by which he becomes aware.