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2ND SECTION: THE WARNING OF SELF-DESIRE
Indeed, my soul is laden with evil and did not benefit from admonishment,
on account of its ignorance of the warning of gray hair and old age.
And I have not prepared, for good deeds, a feast
for the guest (that) has lodged uncovered in my head,
Had I known that I would not be able to honor him,
I would have concealed my secret that has appeared with its marking,
Who is there that can restrain my wayward-self from its waywardness
just as unmanageable horses are restrained by reins?
2ND SECTION: THE WARNING OF SELF-DESIRE
Indeed, my soul is laden with evil and did not benefit from admonishment,
on account of its ignorance of the warning of gray hair and old age.
And I have not prepared, for good deeds, a feast
for the guest (that) has lodged uncovered in my head,
Had I known that I would not be able to honor him,
I would have concealed my secret that has appeared with its marking,
Who is there that can restrain my wayward-self from its waywardness
just as unmanageable horses are restrained by reins?