1. A friend I answered when he called me
To do him a good turn but I did not act rightly

2. He did not fail to be satisfied or come
With sustenance the people consider sustenance

3. He was generous but then blamed so neither am I pleased
Nor the complainant so I cure the pain

4. Searching for my freedom and surer in the
False than my tongue attaining a knot

5. So to God I complain of what I endure
From a time that enfeebles the free vigorously

6. Denied is the pleasure of complaining my soul
And my friend felt pain while I became a slave

7. And indeed I said then and secretly harbored
Against my defrauder my rights hatred

8. Thank God glorifying, he was generous or scant
Sufficed people obtaining from him and tomorrow

9. And God has distinguished between these two from suspicion
Chaste of himself then being steadfast

10. Giving the trivial that clothes the free
Humbly and does not fill a fill

11. Stingy when people give sustenance
Procrastinating when people fulfill a promise

12. He buys with deferment praise of the free
And its prices are paid in cash