1. Free is the creed of every free man
I was neither a transgressor nor a bigot

2. I get angry for the noble one who suffers injustice
From other than him, and I blame those who don't get angry

3. And I love every polite person even if he is
My opponent, and I pity every rude person

4. My heart refuses to incline towards harm
For harming is the nature of beasts

5. I do not have it in me to return harm with harm
Even if I was content with fleeting lightning

6. The realization of the wrongdoer is enough
In his conscience "I wish I had not sinned"

7. Do not let clothes and adornments fool me
How many in fine clothes are miserable wretches

8. Your eyes see him in heavenly clothes
Yet your hand feels the coarseness of his character

9. When you look at him, you look at a grim face
When you talk to him, a foolish boy is revealed

10. When misfortune befalls my friend
I defend him with my claws and fangs

11. I strengthen his weak arm with my arm
And cover his bare shoulder with my shoulder

12. And I see his flaws as though I don't see
And his virtues even if they aren't written

13. And I blame myself before him if I make a mistake
And if he wrongs me I do not hold a grudge

14. I get close to my friend but if
Extremism creeps into his kindness, I don't get close

15. I live peacefully in the fortress of my conscience
I walk proudly in the procession of my morals

16. So when the ignorant see me lower than them
It's like seeing the reflection of a planet in water