1. O you who was stingy with his kindness
My eyes have suffered from insomnia because of it

2. Go easy on me for I am but a man
Who still slips often while awake

3. I was content with what I had wished for
A fine wage and the paper’s debt

4. Make them my fortune and expedite them
And be pleased with the overdue bill

5. For outstanding debt is ugly
And the ugliest debt is an old one

6. I do not blame you for anything except
Reciting my poetry about you amongst the throngs

7. And if an inquirer were to ask
What rewards the praiser got, say: anxiety