if i were to be cautious of you i would find myself in great toil and long grief and my estrangement and separation from my friends would be prolonged and i would be exposed to the enemy and harassed by wild beasts. but if i were to indulge you you would not see fit to kill me except in the worst and most painful way and you would not torment me except with the most severe and longest punishments. and if you wanted to slaughter me you would choose the weak over the delicate and the long over the thin until it would be as if i had learned about you a sheep died or i had eaten seven and fed you one.
إن احترست منك ألفيت لنفسي كدا شديدا، وغما طويلا، وطال اغترابي وافتراق ألافي، وتعرضت للعدو، وتحرشت بالسباع. فإن استرسلت إليك لم تر أن تقتلني إلا شر قتلة وآلمها، ولم تعذبني إلا بأشد النقم وأطولها. ولو أردت ذبحي لاخترت الكليل على المرهف، والتطويل على التذفيف، حتى كأني علمت عليك شاه مات ، أو أكلت سبعة وأطعمتك واحدة.