«كِلْمِةِ الفُم فِي قَنَانِي لِدِرِّيِّةِ الدَّرَارِي»

Once something is said, its effect is not lost. The proverb pictures speech as sealed away in a flask, a figure for storage rather than any literal practice, held in reserve until the speaker is paid back for it, however long that repayment takes to arrive.

In the proverb's moral outlook, when the speaker does not personally receive what those words have earned, the account stays open and is settled through the descendants instead. The recompense, whatever its nature, follows the family line rather than disappearing.

Can be offered as a reminder, framed within the proverb's moral outlook rather than as fact, that spoken words may bring a recompense that arrives late and may reach the speaker's descendants rather than the speaker, encouraging thought before speaking.