1. The affection spoke eloquently
Of pure simplicity and upright pact

2. Never have I thanked time
As when gaining proximity of the Messiah's servant

3. With a friend - when we differ in physique
I find his soul conforming to my soul

4. And when the literary man is adorned with
Subtlety and praise - he is the adornment of praise

5. A gifted writer - when opinion becomes confused
His lucid book appears

6. Modest yet familiar with favors
To the asking and hopeful

7. Awake, restraining calamities with
Humiliating consideration for every ardent speech

8. And resembling a garden in manners and spring
In bounty and repose with the breeze