1. Greet the best of deeds
The gazelle and the spinning

2. If I had merchandise
Or a profession in my hands

3. I would give it to the hungry
I would not take off my robe

4. And I would not ask for baseness
And I did not study an issue

5. And I did not travel for work
And I did not cut ignorance

6. And I did not seek residence
And I did not learn debate

7. And I did not enter school
Its predators are ferocious

8. And their faces are frowning
What do I and that ominous

9. Were it not for hypocrisy and tricks
The yellow engraved

10. Palaces were built with it
The young man lives by it

11. And by its name he floats
Were it not for him, he would have done what he wanted

12. What a wonder, all wonder
No manners, nor lineage

13. Neither piety nor ancestry
It enriches the young man over gold

14. Glory be to Him, Honorable and Majestic
Misery to the owner of the inkwell

15. And his life how bitter it is
And his school and his notebook

16. Oh what a ruin he has
If you do not believe me, then ask

17. Climb up to those rooms
And look at those letters

18. And cry for my virtues and honor
And judge others to be excessive

19. And cite my humiliation as an example