Sol 6.1

  1. They said, “A meddler has overstepped,” not knowing

    that the meddling intruder is an adversary.

  2. He regards his power as his right, though he is merely a claimant,

    and judges by whatever pleases him, though he is grossly unjust.

  3. But for the people's faults, he would have found no pretext

    against the people, with which to assail and oppress them.

  4. And they made him judge between them, while he exacts revenge,

    and they are factions and foes within their own home.

  5. Do men seek rule, when every one of them

    knows the evil of its reach and outcome?

  6. There was no courage in bearing the burden,

    but it was humiliation and worries for them.

  7. I have grown weary of dwelling among them—it is a sickness;

    oh, would that I dwelt among beasts of prey!

Sol 6.1