1. You are called hot-tempered, yet you are not wrathful
An enemy, but it is your friend whom you provoke

2. Your foe is delighted, and he who loves you is vexed
By the anger you show against yourself in your rage

3. Forgetful of the good you have known in days gone by
While you keep count of sins for purpose of blame

4. Gentle to the deceitful and drunken, yet harsh
To the virtuous when you are in your fits of spleen

5. So may the Merciful not preserve your living soul
Nor when it quits the body in its angry state