1. If you attain command, then practice goodness
Towards the elite with firm authority

2. Neither be sweet to be praised
Nor bitter to cleave to the throats

3. For every command except a little
Alters a friend against a friend

4. And I have never concealed in any man
Like true faith or lineage of old

5. Those of noble ancestry are the most honorable confidants
And the most patient when rights are deprived