1. Hopes were pinned on you, but hopes mislead;
Today I have no wish in you to plead.

2. You benefited if I gained nothing;
Hopes are but errors that mislead.

3. As if white hair offered as a gift
Were locks spread on a forehead peeled.

4. If I missed the Nile, so you missed
Praise polished like a garden field.

5. To the excellent fame is youth;
So excellent names deserve to reign.

6. No barrenness or held-back aid is theirs;
No promise there dragged out with pain.

7. Their words confirm their acts;
Though tales about you lie.

8. A wasted life spent believing
The empty tales that you supply.

9. Do not seek praise from one who has
No right to commend your name.

10. To the unlucky no estate remains
Except misfortune, constant, claimed.