1. By my life, the image of one
Of mankind in the tribes has made dispensable for you a teknonym and name

2. But you were given more clarity and we
Have been proceeding according to the ancient way

3. And whatever failing nature there was in us
Was found in the tribe of 'Aad and in Thasm

4. When we separate we are rid of harm
And the herdsman of marked animals has no need for marking

5. Bearing away from the sick land going on
And accept no remedy for persistent disease except decisive settlement

6. And the spirit of the young man did not cease
To experience tribulations until it became independent of the body

7. We have patience for God's judgement and the soul is free
And it has known the excellence of variation in apportionment