1. Let go of thinking of my affair, for my fate is not alleviated
By your worrying about me with the burden of the thinker

2. And do not take pains for me with difficulties, for I
Am full of the excuse of the attainer made difficult

3. And I am not like one forbidden who sees the excuse as a fault
Nor a seeker of ease with a distressing strain

4. For you is the excuse spread open, and the right of one who sees
A gentle reproacher, to see the excuse of the excuser

5. But if its water returns in going and coming
Then bloom for the apologizer your leaves and bear fruit

6. She is the daughter of a freeman married to you a free woman
So if she was dowered with a desirable dower, be generous

7. Or else it suffices me to protect my noble woman
With a noble match like you, son of the regulator

8. Her parity suffices me as dower, for it
Is the dower for the dowered, the choosy

9. And if the protectors dowered a brother-in-law, you would be him
And would not favor the world over the content

10. You have the right, by loving her, to accept her
More rightfully, but we wronged you, so forgive