1. You confounded me, though I am eloquent,
And more subtle than one who flatters and praises.

2. You shook the pillar of my poetry,
So my weakness was replaced by strength.

3. Open for my mind the noblest thoughts,
Contained within the honor of your inspiration.

4. And let my intellect be humbled, so my glory
Is like no other intellect has reached its height.

5. Are you not the sword, which I hoped
Would protect its committed, refined lover?

6. Bringing together charm, leniency,
Compassion, and manliness.

7. And being gentle with the world, so I have not
Lost the affection of the world's people.

8. And I am more generous than the ideals of generosity,
Whose pardon no group has doubted.

9. Pure, sincere work, not like the pretense
Of another's deceitful handiwork.

10. Each day he has a kindness
With which he thwarts his foe.

11. A law, no indeed, made for every time,
Elevating him with it to the heights of glory.

12. So his morning is like his evening,
And his evening tells of his morning.