10. Do not slander a servant to his master, Lest he curse you, And you be found guilty.
11. There is a generation that curses its father, And does not bless its mother –
12. There is a generation, clean in its own eyes, But not washed from its own filth.
13. There is a generation; Oh, how haughty are their eyes! And their eyelids are lifted up.
14. There is a generation whose teeth are swords, And whose jaw-teeth are knives, To devour the poor from off the earth, And the needy from among men.
15. The leech has two daughters: “Give! Give!” Three are not satisfied, Four that never say, “Enough”:
16. The grave, and the barren womb, Soil not satisfied with water, And fire which never says, “Enough.”
17. An eye that mocks his father, And scorns to obey his mother – Ravens of the wadi dig it out, And young eagles eat it!
18. Three matters are too marvellous for me, And four which I do not understand:
19. The way of an eagle in the heavens, The way of a snake on a rock, The way of a ship in the heart of the sea, And the way of a man with a girl.