1. Oh, how I wish I had asked, after
Reciting my praises of you, whoever heard it

2. What proof I presented for what I said
Would you find latitude in answering?

3. No, because if you were truthful then you
Would have acknowledged that you nurse infants

4. And if you lied that would be worse
Lies combine sin and disgrace

5. And if you took refuge in silence, it would not
Befit your noble nature, leave it

6. Do you want them to assume, if they ask
And you stay silent, it's beyond reproach?

7. No, they know together
That you have taken the path of deceit

8. Holding your tongue, you listened
Keenly to my murmuring ear

9. Just so, reasonable minds are focused
On the secrets of the ignorant

10. You had given up satire, but if
Scoundrels desired, you brought it back to life