1. They oppress you with hatefulness afflicted upon you,
Until you thought they were not of mankind.

2. The arrogance of haughtiness, not the arrogance of palm trees, is in them.
The spring is not freed from paying a tithe.

3. They excel in their reciting of the Five and the Ten,
And they calculate precisely the tax from a fifth and a tithe.

4. They make no pilgrimage for religion or ritual,
Rather that is nothing but excess wickedness.

5. If they consult you, then advise them, and if they rage,
Then suffice yourself if you are not asked, and do not meddle.

6. For nights water the resting place of him who shelters in them
Mornings and evenings, in darkness and in drizzle.

7. And it inspires the bees to gather nectar exerting themselves
Until, when they have gathered, it says to the destitute, “Take!”

8. It gives and takes until it gave a faint smile
In exchange for what evil was in it.

9. It has folded me as if I were a battered tent,
Oh what folding! What folding with no spreading!

10. And God spreads spirits by His power
And sends rain in spirits needing relief.