1. My mule is complaining of bareness
And her trappings have no tassels

2. I said: enough! For your best day with me
Is to win some chaff or some stubble

3. So rejoice on a barley night as people rejoice
On a night of revelry

4. If you could see my state you would be patient
So beware of going astray

5. Have not those died in winter of cold
And from extreme hunger, my skinny one?

6. So trust, and settle into the goodness of righteous rule
The lineage of kings, the lord of armies

7. For he will adorn you for eyes with a new harness
Beautiful, ornate and embroidered

8. How many a foe in turmoil
And many a friend immersed in his munificence

9. And the loyal are on the cushions
While the enemies are on the biers