1. Go and say to her who blamed me, though she knew
That she gained nothing by blaming me, to cease

2. Some of the blame, so she might make good again
A matter not to be retrieved. Do not

3. Hold me to fault for what is your own deed
And give me sincerity and friendship. Hear

4. No evil of us said by slanderers. Whoso
Believes the babble of a hateful gossip errs.

5. Guile is not in my nature or my ways
Though the slightest hint of it would give offense.