1. I am a poet who prefers being single, without a wife,
So that thoughts may flow freely, uninhibited.

2. Had I a wife, I would be troubled,
Worrying at all times about providing for her.

3. How many a man has wasted his youth,
Squandered by idleness and intoxicants.

4. If I persist in knowledge and study hard,
These thoughts of mine will bear fruit.

5. Though single, I shall not be deficient,
My livelihood ever flowing.

6. And when I venture out for an excursion
No trinkets will be wasted, no regrets remain.