1. Alas, may God destroy the vile one, for he
Sees only evil, bare and exposed.

2. He sees good as evil, and beauty as wrong,
And turns the flowers of friendship to foes.

3. In his heart there is hatred and ill omen on his face,
And in his eyes, wrath - he sees the dawn as gloom.

4. While the eye of acceptance is blind to every flaw,
The evil eye makes level the lofty and high.