Sol 5.6

  1. I do not shun wine for fear of sin;

    I shun it only for want of a boon companion.

  2. There is no pleasure in revelry and wine

    for a noble man without a noble companion.

  3. So choose, before the wine, a companion

    of qualities fragrant as the breeze,

  4. and beauty wondrous when you behold him,

    and an inner nature sound when you put him to the test.

Sol 5.6