1. A heart whispers deceitfully in the breasts and conceals
Evil and a soul that imprisons secrets

2. And a nature imprinted with bitterness so
Nothing makes it virtuous but wretched times

3. It seems as if in profit it presses out its juice
While fate regarding what may please it, is parched

4. It grows more worried the more it gains wealth
Like the full moon it wanes at its peak and frowns

5. Whatever rain came to it, it gave him
From its deceit like a gentle rain that flows

6. Indeed, whoever seeks the pure yields of its rivers
Is ignorant so in its breasts it whispers

7. He hopes it will fulfill its promises
While we see he hopes for its loyalty in vain

8. Like a flower it appears blooming to the eyes
While we see it touched by decay, dried up

9. So betrayal is its trait even if it were true it would refuse
And truth from it is clothed in contradiction

10. It complains of weakness to avoid blame but
I know better, is there a man who can examine?

11. It's as if it's for my own purposes, and it's as if
I'm a sheep torn apart by a hidden wolf

12. So beware, my brother, and do not trust its singing
Among the trees of wishes it hides

13. Make the promises of nature between us
Forgotten, studied and studied again

14. It's as if in its promise and stinginess
It's the words of a flute, softening and drying

15. So beware your nature in whose eyes
Is a defect that troubles it, awakens and sleeps

16. And it shows you the flaws of the perfect
Through blinkers, while the cleaning maids envy it

17. Even the greatest wisdom does not know its limit
Aristotle with it was mute

18. How many a wise man came bound to it
By force, not knowing why he studies

19. Its divine knowledge blinded
His insight from his admired knowledge, so how can he build?

20. Self-love deceived him, if
From it he detached, he would return humbled

21. O you monk who left nature behind
Turning away from it and refusing it

22. Why do you not call it a liar when it speaks
Evil? Evil in it awakens

23. Why do you ignore it when you are a monk
And why do you listen to it when you are devout?

24. You were given expertise in the knowledge of nature
That you did not give the wise, yet you cheat

25. How many monks it laughed at when
Its pains in them were built upon them

26. He obeys it willingly holding its reins
However evil it takes him, he says this is best

27. He disobeys God, his vows and his superior
And obeys it, for it is the greatest chief

28. If he hated himself and condemned it
He would not have become an infidel full of doubts

29. God's gift is a monk and spiritual warrior
Awake, wise, never sleeping nor napping

30. He ruled nature so it is under his will
Commanded by him, never transgressing

31. If he wishes, he obligates its death, it dies
Or if he wished, he imprisons it in humbleness

32. So its struggle and path are dependent
On a firm mind that guards it

33. For God has apportioned lots to His creation
So listen to me recite what Paulus declared

34. Judas died for his sins and mistakes
While thanks to his repentance, his brother Peter gained good fortune

35. If you wish, ask for obedience and you will hear
What Joseph or Jonas will answer you

36. Indeed lofty matters belong to the virtuous
With virtues that humbled heads submitted to

37. For its righteousness and redemption are like
White swords pouring over their blades

38. Its breaths are musky and its senses
Ascetic, through them enemies are subdued

39. A liar has said, he who slanders,
The sword is more honest than a studied book

40. The sword means nature itself
As for the book, it is the law of a watchful Lord

41. Nature is the cause of our lives
And death in it is an enthroned ruler

42. As the body grows strong with warmth
And with what you see its breaths breathe

43. And through it, it returns to decay, dead,
Like fire after burning out

44. Do not incline towards your nature which
Appears gently comforting

45. If only it could see its pains
Alas, senses in it are bankrupt

46. It dresses the monstrous lie as if it were
A garment embroidered with fine silk

47. Until when it poisons your head it seeps its poison
And after poison comes wretched demise

48. So beware a leader who strays from his civility
The commoners go astray when the chief goes astray

49. My Lord, protect us from a corrupting leader
Who folds the gown of truth then cheats

50. By the intercession of the Virgin Mary, she
Is the gate of hope and from enemies protected

51. She was sanctified before all creatures
And God from her is the intimate Creator

52. A virgin, God called her before her existence
And by His praise and glorification she becomes holy

53. She wore the gown of praise from Him completely
And for our praise each day she dresses