1. Do not settle into tranquility, for
The youth's excuse is not to be seen downcast.

2. Finding comfort with family as if healed,
Wrapped in poverty amongst them, destitute.

3. So befriend the pillows in seeking the heights,
And take along the sharp sword that destroys.

4. For if birds did not wander,
They would not find food in their nests.

5. There is a common saying,
Of one refined, who weighs speech and straightens it:

6. "No good in a man who sits with his bride
And sells her earrings when impoverished."