1. And many a companion greets me because he has need of me,

    with a lavish welcome, fair in form and character.

  2. Then, once his need is fulfilled, he turns away, leaving me

    more despised than a rat in the chamber of a man at ease—

  3. like water: while you watch the thirsty man drink it,

    until he spills what remains of it along the roads.

Sol 5.6