1. He yearned in the darkness of night though unwell, perhaps
His call will be answered, but how when home is far?

2. Not so, when the envious have eyes
That are eager to see a harmless man suffer.

3. Horses gathered at a king's door
Though it was not time for departure.

4. Your secret is like a wedding that was meant for one
Yet was lacking for both companions.

5. Some people's secrets seemed to the beholder
Like the secrets of another's hidden palm.

6. The seals of a man's deeds, if he seeks guidance,
Guide him, else worries throng him.

7. Our lives are verses of poetry, as though
Their rhymed endings are for the reciters.

8. If good, they adorn, if bad, they hurt,
Evil and passion in what is ruined.

9. A hater intended harm to me, while before him
Were calamities to affirm resentments.

10. How many desiring ones met with fortune though they neared
The winds of desolation that bowed them.

11. The cycles of wealth bestow generosity on its people
With gentleness, so they have no need to roam.

12. He found refuge in prosperity, content with grace,
While the unsuccessful blame their mounts.