"عَنْ عُمَرِو بْنِ حُرَيْثٍ: أَنَّ شَاعِرًا كَانَ فِى عَهْدِ عُمَر يَرْوِى شِعْرًا كَبِيرًا، فَقَالَ عُمَرُ: لأَنْ يَمْتَلِئَ (جَوْفُ أحَدِكُمْ قَيْحًا خَيْر مِنْ أَنْ يَمْتَلِئَ) شِعْرًا".
The Prophet ﷺ said, "It is better for a man to fill the inside of his body with pus than to fill it with poetry."
عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ لأَنْ يَمْتَلِئَ جَوْفُ أَحَدِكُمْ قَيْحًا خَيْرٌ لَهُ مِنْ أَنْ يَمْتَلِئَ شِعْرًا
It is better for the belly of any one of you to be stuffed with pus rather than to stuff (one's mind) with poetry.
عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ لأَنْ يَمْتَلِئَ جَوْفُ أَحَدِكُمْ قَيْحًا يَرِيهِ خَيْرٌ مِنْ أَنْ يَمْتَلِئَ شِعْرًا
"If a man were to fill his stomach completely with pus until it destroyed him, that would be better for him than filling (his mind) with poetry." (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 3760)
عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ لَأَنْ يَمْتَلِئَ جَوْفُ أَحَدِكُمْ قَيْحًا خَيْرٌ لَهُ مِنْ أَنْ يَمْتَلِئَ شِعْرًا