1. Blame the envious and denounce them often
I say the envious deserve praise

2. For the envious are proof of wealth
Does one envy anything but the wind?

3. As the lover and the sentinel are together
So too the envy of the envious accompanies success

4. Bring forth wealth and ignore the envious, there is no good in them
The death of the envious is distasteful meanness

5. No good in one who does not envy wealth
Or piety when the day breaks

6. Does one envy the poor man his villages?
Or envy anyone their ugliness?

7. How many envious faces you've preserved
From their evil with gentle mockery

8. So you pushed them from the bow of the feeble
Like a spine removed with care