1. Alas, O John, you have not succeeded
If you abandon your dictionary

2. My advice to you in life
Is to stick to your lexicon

3. Nothing remains of days
Except Moses and his staff

4. And O monk, I urge you
Not to sound your church bells

5. He who came to harm you
With his bow and arrows

6. Solitude will not protect you
If you descend from your altar

7. And O scholar, why don't you forbid
Your gown's train to drag

8. I fear time will replace
The blessings of wealth with your kiss

9. Happier is he who buys
From your glory what befriends him

10. Won't you rise up for battle
And call for tumult your steeds?

11. How long will you keep your cloak
Imprisoned, and your peacock?

12. For the wild beasts in the desert
Are like their hawk, your hawk

13. You will not be safe in India
From your rooster's talons

14. It is the custom of fate
To startle your doorkeeper

15. Ask your first blessing
About that, and your cook