Sol 6.1

  1. If a man's breast is too narrow to hold his own secret,

    and it overflows, my breast has room for my secret.

  2. If something is lost, bear its loss patiently,

    and do not pursue it with anguish if it eludes you.

  3. For in giving up hope of what is lost lie dignity and ease,

    and in it are wealth and poverty, O you whose greed abounds.

  4. If two companions bound in friendship tug against each other on a rope,

    and its strands wear out, the rope is weakened and snaps.

  5. And never dig a well intending to trap a brother in it,

    for you yourself will fall into it instead of him.

  6. And every man who unjustly oppresses people

    will be struck, against his will, by the consequences of what he has done.

Sol 6.1