1. He who is helped by knowledge,
And whom it raises to the highest ranks,

2. I have certainly lost over him what
I inherited from a mother and father.

3. How many farms shining
Turning faces away from the disgrace of seeking.

4. I wasted them not in gambling
Nor in craving the daughter of the vine,

5. But in events and tribulations,
Misfortunes, calamities and woes.

6. How often I said when I sold them
And fell into captivity of distress:

7. Our hen that used to lay
Golden eggs for us is gone.