1. If your enemies wage war against you,

    and you fear the sudden attacks of those banded together,

  2. then say, raising your voice like one who calls out

    but finds neither supporter nor helper:

  3. “Lend me a temple, O son of Ibrahim,

    that I may plunge with it into the fray of those who slap.”

  4. For if he has lent you what is hoped for,

    you will see them fleeing before you,

  5. as the young slapper once fled

    before the writer, son of writers,

  6. and left the tavern keeper there, presenting

    to the vanquished the victors’ cup,

  7. and envying that dearly cherished temple

    for humbling the hands of those who strike.

Sol 6.1