1. I was told that so-and-so had tightened his mouth,
So I said, "Slow down, that's how the camel brays."

2. How can the Nabataean know the blood price?
Can a salty spring yield sweet cherries?

3. And how can a heart devoid of innate perception
Understand anything through doors and locks?

4. O bull, leave the garden of sorrow to bloom,
For your pasture is pens and paddocks.

5. And do not observe the stars of virtue to ambush them,
For one who does not fear has no restricted livelihood.

6. I rejected your company like a worn-out slipper,
And how can a tattered garment be worn?