1. Do not despair of people,
Though wealth may make you despair.

2. How many a friend was sincere to me,
When he was in a state of poverty.

3. I say, if only he had attained this wealth,
He would have honored me and held me above all.

4. Until when he attained what he desired,
And people counted him among the eminent,

5. He cut off his ties of affection from me,
And was not content with just separation.