1. The ally and confederate betrayed,
And the loyal and helper were unkind.

2. My virtues kept vigil,
But fortune's eye was asleep.

3. He took a merchant's bargain,
Seeking goals with poems.

4. So boast, for you are in a time
When you are righteous, and the time corrupt.

5. Are not your people a group
Whose habits were good habits?

6. Do not weary the accountant in
Numbering the generous - for you are one.

7. So if you pride yourself on those past,
Then let the witnesses pride themselves in you.

8. Give good news of a newborn who restores
The mention of glorious fathers.

9. A son came to us, telling
From his cradle of his father's virtue.

10. No muscle has weakened, but
The livers of the envious have weakened.

11. After you, my tears were raised
By what newspapers I endure.

12. Where are those we count on
In catastrophes and adversities?

13. They meet you in the thoroughfares of endeavor
With sleeves rolled up.

14. The markets of merit are exhausted,
And the market of the virtuous is stagnant.

15. The registers of competence
Have been disturbed, and their foundations shaken.

16. So much so that the explainer
And the moralizer despaired.

17. But you rose up, standing
To restore them while others remain seated.

18. So they became healthy, and their time
Healthy - who can deceive when you scrutinize?

19. And you filled the ears of the transmitters
With benefits and unprecedented virtues.

20. And you preserved the bond of my affection,
So its banners of praise spread.

21. Your determination stole wakefulness,
So the sleeper in the tombs was abandoned.

22. Time lurked, so unsheathe against
The people of evil a harvesting sword.