1. If an obstinate one drags his feet in his strap,
And if he extends his lips in arrogance,

2. We will bend him until hardship humbles his zeal,
As the victim's blood continues dripping from the killer's palm.

3. So be not like one who feeds with her pearls
The children of others, while her own child starves.

4. If you set your own affairs right, your community will be set right,
And it is the community that upholds the pillars.