St Kabeer's Couplets 4: Why Poverty In Speech?

Speak such soft soothing words, no crude, Words that help lose self pride for good, Words that keep you in cool mood, Make others as well feel good. _______________________________________________________ Hereunder is given the original doha, a couplet by Kabeer, which when rendered in English takes all of four lines, a quatrain or more: Aisee vani boliye, mun ka aapa khoye Apna tan sheetal kare, auran ko sukh hoye In Sanskrit they say: vachane kā daridratā | What use being so miserly in words? Utter sweet words, let others feel fine, And as bonus, you too maintain cozy cool. Topic: words, poverty