1. Greetings to the quarter, quarter of the village
Greetings to its dates and milk

2. Greetings to it, greetings of a man
Who means to remember what has passed

3. Greetings to it, how many a stand
Did we take in it, making the bucket spin

4. In it I have elders for us
Thick-necked, with flowing beards

5. If I grasped the beard
And called to my stomach, it answered quickly

6. And we were, if we stayed
Exchanging slaps for a month or more

7. I do not fault loyalty, though I pine
For deceivers who do not fault loyalty

8. No excuse but to turn the reins
When the slap goes around and I am all neck

9. I had repented but when
The slap went around, frivolity came to me

10. So do not neglect the slap in ignorance
For how fine a slap is, were it not for blindness

11. Why should I hide my story from you
And beat the drum beneath the shirt

12. If in summer I had a garden
For what purpose would I visit tombs?

13. I have not gained folly, but I
Was created scatterbrained, as you see

14. I have wasted it as the horseman
Wastes his throwing, surpassing all people

15. As if rifles obeyed him
Pouring for him whatever he desired

16. If he shot a bird, he felled it
Even if it were in place of an arrow

17. Oh what a delightful stand
Wondrous and a coveted sight

18. The feast of birds in it is a funeral
And its guests in the villages