St Kabeer Couplets 16: Weigh Every Word Ere Uttered

Priceless precious what we speak, We all do and far too quick, O let your heart weigh words well Ere tongue turns them out to spell. ________________________________ Boli ek anmol hai, jo koi bolai jani, Hiye taraju tauli ke, tab mukha bahar ani. Everyone knows to speak, but few know the value and weight of their words, nor their capacity to make mischief. Kabeer advises people to weigh every word with the weighing balance (taraju) of their heart (hiye) before it is uttered. A fool is he of a worldly-wise school that knows it not.