1. My complaints are not of people's enmity
I am one of them, so how can I be hostile to myself?

2. The lover's reproach, however harsh,
Is not despairing grief and hopeless misery.

3. My discontent is but longing and zeal
To reform them and prefer their wellbeing to mine.

4. How many a fool assails me, while I
Defend his soul with my own soul and kindness!

5. My punishment of him is pardon,
And perhaps I punish myself.