1. My people blame me for my debts though
My debts are for things that bring them praise

2. Didn't my people see how once I was rich
And how I'm now so poor I've reached the end of hardship

3. Neither when I was without did being close to them help me
Nor when I had wealth did it make me more distant from them

4. I block the gaps they neglected and abandoned
The rights they couldn't fortify

5. With a mare crowned with meat overflowing with fat
That no door is closed to

6. And an old, full-chested horse that I made
A screen for my house, then served as a slave

7. What's between me, my paternal cousins
And my maternal cousins is very different

8. I see them slow to help me, though they
Call me for help and I come to them quickly

9. If they eat my flesh, I hunt meat for them
If they destroy my glory, I build glory for them

10. If they publicize my secrets, I protect their secrets
If they desire my ruin, I desire their guidance

11. They're not quick to help me, though they
Call me for help and I come to them quickly

12. If they dispel a bird of ill omen passing me
I dispel for them a bird of good fortune passing them

13. If they descend into a pit for something that harms me
I ascend for them what makes them happy, freshly found

14. So if they light for me a firebrand that disgraces me
I light for them in a fire of honor a flame