1. I avoid imposing on those of authority and command
And I overlook a man in his home when he is unemployed

2. And I walk to the disreputable eagerly yet I do not see
The brave carrying me to the kings

3. And I am easygoing in greetings to a disheveled man
And when obeyed, scarce in response and peaceful

4. And this is not from arrogance but from an obstinacy
That resists arrogance in them and contends