1. I complained of time, and time replied:
"You are my rival, most contentious of foes!"

2. The fault lies not with me, but with you who complained,
By praising villains and abandoning the noble.

3. Father of the falcon, it is you who
winnows my faults from the chaff of the wicked,

4. with your bounty, forgiving my misdeeds,
and sheathing the tongues that would blame me.

5. May God not deprive me of one like you,
who rises to defend me among the sinful.