1. The passions of souls hold a secret that's not known
I looked and found I must submit

2. O sister embracing knights in the fray
Your brother is softer and kinder than you

3. He longs for you with chastity, believing
The Magi hit what they determine

4. Your glance is dazzling with its whiteness
Even if it were first, it would captivate the dark-eyed

5. If only youth could be rid of me
For grey hair comes before its time and wraps me

6. And I have seen events, but I see
No armor that gives life nor blackness that protects

7. And worries wear down the stout until lean
And whiten the locks of a boy and make him stooped

8. The wise suffers in bliss with his wisdom
While the ignorant revels in misery

9. People have cast off those who admonish
So the forgetful is unrestrained and the mindful regrets

10. Let not a foe's tears deceive you
And take pity on your youth from a pitiable foe

11. Noble honor is not safe from harm
Until its flanks are stained with blood

12. The vile hurts with his nature
One whose faults are few as he finds fault aplenty

13. Oppression is the way of souls so if you find
One of purity, it's due to some flaw that he's not unjust

14. The son of Keighalagh guards the road, his burden
Between her legs, the greatest road

15. Ready your swords over the blade of tranquility
The flexible with its rings is verdant

16. Be gentle with yourself, your nature is flawed
And veil your father, for your origin is darkened

17. Your singing is begging, your raving madness
Your pleasure paralysis, your Lord a mere coin

18. Beware the fellowship of men, for it
Strengthens only on the necks of slaves and ruins them

19. Among calamities are the censure of one who lacks caution
And the talk of one who lacks understanding

20. He walks on all fours hunched
With his reins behind him pulled tight

21. His eyelids never settle as if
They were punched or stitched with coarse thread

22. And when he gestures speaking, he is like
An ape giggling or an old woman babbling

23. The lack of palms burns his palms
Until he nearly wraps one hand

24. You see him smallest when he speaks
And he is most untruthful when he swears

25. Lowliness shows friendliness in the lowly
And more loving than him to the gentle one

26. Some enmity benefits you
While some friendship hurts and pains

27. You asked me for praise foolishly
Paler, narrower than you, what can I pretend?

28. Do you see leadership in anyone but you as gain?
Oh son of the insulted one, while in you it is nobility

29. For you have exceeded your worth in ascent
And the stars have come closest upon you

30. You have bragged of what belongs purely
To the father of nobles, for praise is for one who is generous

31. And for one at whose door of disgrace you stood
You come near, so he frowns and you become uneasy

32. And for one who disdains wealth yet is honored
And who drags the army while covered in dust

33. And whose share of the water-skins when the warriors meet
Is the vessel that is marked and known

34. And who sometimes holds back a horseman in the canal
Then straightens it by replacing him with another

35. The face is brightest, the heart most reachable
The spear most swarthy, the sword most resolved

36. The deeds of those who beget nobles are noble
While the deeds of those who beget foreigners are foreign