I said to one of my friends: My refraining from speaking is mostly due to the fact that in speech, both good and bad occur, and the eyes of enemies see nothing but the bad. He said: It is better for the enemy not to see any good.

And the one consumed by enmity does not pass by anything good

Except that he slanders it with a lying, wicked tongue.

Skill in the eye of enmity is a greater flaw

Saadi is a flower, but in the eyes of enemies, he is a thorn.

The world-illuminating light of the sun's spring

Is ugly in the eyes of a blind bat.