Speak Truth with Kindness

There was a post with a picture with a small Sanskrit verse about speaking the truth with a translation that was a little too generalized for my liking. It was too beautiful to not re-translate:

The post said:

सत्यम ब्रूयात प्रियं ब्रूयात ,न ब्रूयात सत्यम अप्रियं

प्रियं च नानृतम ब्रूयात ,येषा धर्माः सनातनाः

To speak truth in a pleasing tone,

don't speak truth which would hurt someone

and don't say sweet things which are untrue..

हरी ॐ ..........जय गुरुदेव

My direct translation:

सत्यम ब्रूयात प्रियं ब्रूयात 

Speak truth, speak kindly,

न ब्रूयात सत्यम अप्रियं

don't speak truth unkindly,

प्रियं च नानृतम ब्रूयात 

don't speak untruth kindly,

येषा धर्माः सनातनाः

[this is the] endeavor of Sanatana Dharma (the Eternal Way).

हरी ॐ ..........जय गुरुदेव

Hari Aum….. Jaya Gurudev

And finally my poetic version:

The endeavor of the Eternal Way

Is not to speak truth unkindly,

Nor speak untruth kindly, but

Speak truth and speak kindly.