1. Oh what misfortune for a people whose eloquence is exalted
But their natures are filled with the traits of luxury

2. Wealth and fine clothes adorn them in the eyes of fools
The riches and garments of luxury

3. They have bounded us with eloquent prose
Yet they did not appreciate anything but the rhythm

4. And what poured into their ears
Was the same, the bleating of goats and baaing of sheep

5. And they made the excuse for depriving us of respon
ding that their clothes kept them from understanding

6. Supposing they were ignorant of what we say
Then where is the generosity and where is the nobility?

7. Have our books disgusted them with subtlety?
We are the slaves and we are the servants

8. And without that, faces are tormented
Eyes are gouged out and skin is shredded

9. So if they repent with generosity
We will join them with praise as we join ties of kinship

10. But if they persist in their villainy
We will give their sides to regret

11. When they exceed the limit in their prevention
We will shed our shyness and reap the recklessness