1. From me comes reproach and from you patience, so be patient,
For the evil of one who waits, O most evil of those who wait,

2. You are base, so if you show patience, it comes from baseness,
And submission to degradation, and if you complain, from vileness,

3. I saw the faults in my poetry when it pained you,
Like the biting of your brother the dog against a stone,

4. Look at the dog thrown a slipper and know that
It left no trace of him and nothing remained.