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Gaining prominence from an enemy doesn’t ensure safety—it can destroy like an insect nesting in a cloak.
Even foes should be turned into friends if possible, but unworthy friends should be discarded.
Trust in enemies, impure texts, or fake saints only leads to distortion of truth and destruction.
An enemy, though pleading miserably, must not be pitied; justice demands elimination of the harmful.
Power dynamics shift friends and enemies—one may become the other based on interests.
Let these proud peacocks be judged like imprisoned swans—by their actions in bloom, not by show.
These breezes from the Malaya mountains, though pleasant, torment me with memories of her—echoing my longing.
These sesame seeds, once soaked in affection, now seem detached—had it been hate, what would you have done?
O king, your fame is like white swans ruling over the seven seas—spanning the three worlds.
All those in front sleep unaware, yet even if the Lord leaves, your name will shine forever.
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