1. They condemned it as folly from a man of sound judgment,

    then went about clamoring in denunciation.

  2. Indeed, loyalty has been fashioned out of treach-

    ery, until loyalty became generosity betrayed.

  3. O you who ascend toward the summit of glo-

    ry, with a resolve exerting its utmost effort,

  4. halt—for no one remains to rival you there;

    all who sought to climb now lie beneath the earth.

  5. You have persisted in soaring ever higher;

    draw near to us, that the hands of verse may reach you.

  6. Some spoke of you from knowledge, while others

    followed them in what they said, merely imitating.

  7. People testify before one another

    each day to your well-attested excellence.

  8. There were indeed some among the people of noble deeds

    who received them white, yet came bearing black deeds.

  9. After shouldering a heavy burden, so that throngs might fre-

    quent their doors—with the delegation of delegations.

Sol 5.6