“Not excluding others

             nor dragging anyone around [in speech],

Not raising one’s voice while speaking to others,

Not speaking praise of oneself in gatherings,

           The pious is not boastful but measured in speech.

For such a person who sees the goal,

           ever so subtle and refined, ¹

Skilled in wisdom,

practiced in humbleness,

Who associates with those advanced in the path,

          Nibbāna is not hard to reach. ²

1 Susukhumanipuṇatthadassinā

2 Saṁsevitavuddhasīlinā, Nibbānaṁ na hi tena dullabhan”ti.