1. If I come to borrow from you, how can you refuse?
Yet if I come to ask outright for a gift, how much more will you give?

2. One like me, if he keeps company with the great,
Will be offered a place of honor among them.

3. One like me, if he withdraws into solitude,
Will be warmly welcomed when he returns.

4. I chide you out of affection, not resentment-
Keep faith with your friend, do not find fault with him.