1. Live for virtues, O noble one of lofty character
And you will be safe for as long as time remains in sorrow

2. Drink joyfully the sweet in an assembly
Since you stood tall in it, you have not sat

3. You grew a garden in it of narcissuses
Its blossoms rivaled the meadows of chamomile

4. As if rods of aquamarine were raised
At the top of its tails, stars of hibiscus

5. Your fragrance spread when your mouth spread
Was it the breeze of your fragrance or that of the narcissus?

6. It does not lie, for you are of sweeter scent
Than it, and of more delicious drink for souls

7. O you who don the garment of glory, the proudest garb
You have continued to drag the train of that garment

8. You are most precious, in you I forge gems
For gems are for the noble and virtuous

9. Live as long as you wish, for you are the noblest rider
In a procession, or sitting in an assembly