Men set up home, toil and earn
To tend the guests and do good turn.
To keep out guests cannot be good
Albeit you eat nectar-like food.
Who tends his guests day in and out
His life in want never wears out.
The goddess of wealth will gladly rest
Where smiles welcome the worthy guest.
Should his field be sown who first
Feeds the guests and eats the rest?
Who tends a guest and looks for next
Is a welcome guest in heaven's feast.
Worth of the guest of quality
Is worth of hospitality.
Who loathe guest-service one day cry;
"We toil and store; but life is dry".
The man of wealth is poor indeed
Whose folly fails the guest to feed.
Anicham smelt withers; like that
A wry-faced look withers the guest.
HOSPITALITY
