1. Did you not know, oh life of mine, that God knows
I am generous when generosity is scarce

2. I feel no shame being called a spendthrift
Open-handed, but I am shamed being called stingy

3. Were my frame not tall, then surely I am,
By virtuous traits, most definitely arriving

4. When among the tall folk, my height surpasses theirs
By my tallness I excel them, until being called tall

5. No good in the beauty and height of bodies
If the height of bodies lacks minds and brains

6. We have seen from tall bodies that
Die when roots no longer give them life

7. I have not seen the like of kindness, its taste
Is sweet and its essence is beautiful