1. Do you know what the water-wheels say as they turn around,
Going up and down as they irrigate?

2. They say: "He who is full rises up, while everything
That humbled itself, remains low forever."

3. The people want you to love the rich and you have always
Been hostile to the poor who have no resources.

4. So do not show poverty as long as you are among them,
But feign wealth, for that is more graceful.