1. If you have a virtuous wife,
You are envied among the people.

2. If you add wisdom to virtue,
Blessed is the fruitful branch.

3. Do not feel secure, for the soul
Is inclined to the unknown like the blowing wind.

4. Do not make your home openly accessible
To one who passes by the road.

5. Misfortunes are but waves of a sea,
In which the living remains as one drowned.

6. And whoever is not illuminated by the world,
I swear it will illuminate him with lightning.