Keep not nasty words in your heart
Forget such speech right from the start
Lest they fire your mouth like hot coals
That will stain your soul and burn all
make you angry and downward fall

All that you hear do not disclose
Nor all you see dare not expose

Cherish traditions that sustain morality
avoid new ones that favor abnormality
Do not untie a knot that is tied
nor a new one seal that is untried

Notice not a woman whose body entices
With makeup, dress, scent, and alluring devices
That divert you from goodness, awaken your lust
Engross in illusions, waste life, turn you to dust

Covet not the wife of another
look upon her like your own mother

Avoid women that whisper much
One’s with shrill voice never touch

The beauty of woman is her good sense
Truthful words and love that she can dispense

Spring blossoms of the almond come out fast
But the fruits take time to mature the last
Mulberry tree flowers blossom slowly
Yet the ripened fruits are eaten quickly

Be not rash to reach conclusions to fast
not based on facts nor wisdom of the past
Ponder events slowly, consider all
Justice served, your fairness will all enthrall