1. The people envy me because I am

    the neighbor of a rich man who helps those seeking refuge.

  2. O people, the one to envy is only the one who

    has gone far from him, for he is the formidable prince.

  3. I am the envious one, not you.

    Does anyone among you see the matter as clearly as I do?

  4. He sees wealth spent neither on noble ends

    nor on helping a poor soul worn down by grief.

  5. And the poet of the region calls out, yet

    he hears only a warning of ruin.

  6. Like a bird complaining of fierce thirst

    in a cage beside the course of a brook.

  7. O nearest of neighbors, were it not for you, I would never

    have seen a neighbor so wretched in conscience.

Sol 6