1. To you, so inform them that I have spared them
My blame, and by God, how can I blame

2. When there is nothing in them but their raving
So I generously keep silent about them

3. I regret that it be said he deserved
The tendencies of abuse against him, sinister

4. And it does not harm me if they borrow a testimony
From each other, for hypocrisy is ancient

5. And how many ravens caw, but an owl
Says listen, the raven is wise

6. So say to him whom his sleep drives
While you remain still

7. And as long as the people's poetry has become as you see
Fodder, say that time is beastly