1. You are my cousin who came after my father
When my father was absent, you were my caretaker and father

2. I have known no one but your father as a father
And no one but you as a brother, neither as a child nor old man

3. How often has your right hand relieved me
In dire straits and distress from worries

4. And these are people of partnership who have no morals
Whoever among them died, was for a fire whose wood was gathered