1. My hopes, do not block my path to contentment,
For You are the Guardian, opening every way,

2. And do not let presumption be my companion,
For You see it not as a companion to the noble.

3. Do you accept the claim of presumption, which is fanciful,
And forsake the likes of me, that is not fanciful?

4. And my praise of You has gone on every course,
Pushing ahead; indeed, flowing down every stream.

5. If You say what I deny is true,
Excuse then the sin of an apologizing lowly one.

6. The night was long upon me when You denied me
Your pleasure, yet the night was not long.

7. And that You spoke truly of suspicions and what
Was claimed in my story without proof.

8. And since You spurned me and veiled me from You
They saw the face of one who then spoke and told.

9. If You were generous to me in plenty they said, hated one
Ransomed himself from nearness by ample funds.

10. If You were generous to me in paucity, their spokesman said
A little was cast in his face by a little.

11. Your generosity with bounty You have granted
Is healing, so do not mix it for me with bitterness.

12. All that You have advanced me of favor
Is beautiful, so do not follow it with less than beautiful.

13. You have attained, so if You wish to dismiss favorably,
Then dismiss me, and I never knew You as one who dismisses.

14. And they said, ailing one! I said no, and even if he be
Ailing, his beneficence is not ailing.

15. He who exalted him clothed him in health and strength,
And his days were the best companion.

16. He came and went while well-being was with him
A blanket for overnight rest or the bedding of one at rest.