1. You wish to drink from our water,
But it is bitter and undrinkable salt.

2. It is foolish to try to mount the unridable -
The fierce, unbroken colt cannot be ridden.

3. If you had any sense or prudence,
Or sought righteousness,

4. Seek your provision from the Merciful,
And stop begging people, O ambitious one.

5. Do not rely completely on a friend -
Total dependence is disliked and unsupported.

6. The generous, free man among our people -
If he dies hungry, he does not ask.

7. This is wondrous, we see nothing like it,
And I say that of you all, it is most wondrous.

8. O my people, forgive and excuse,
Pardon the sinner and do not blame.

9. Do not say that I am an aggressor,
But if I am attacked, I do not cower.