21. The herds know well | when home they shall fare,
And then from the grass they go;
But the foolish man | his belly's measure
Shall never know aright.
22. A paltry man | and poor of mind
At all things ever mocks;
For never he knows, | what he ought to know,
That he is not free from faults.
23. The witless man | is awake all night,
Thinking of many things;
Care-worn he is | when the morning comes,
And his woe is just as it was.
24. The foolish man | for friends all those
Who laugh at him will hold;
When among the wise | he marks it not
Though hatred of him they speak.
25. The foolish man | for friends all those
Who laugh at him will hold;
But the truth when he comes | to the council he learns,
That few in his favor will speak.
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21. Hjarðir þat vitu, nær þær heim skulu,
ok ganga þá af grasi;
en ósviðr maðr kann ævagi
síns of mál maga.
22. Vesall maðr ok illa skapi
hlær at hvívetna;
hittki hann veit, er hann vita þyrfti,
at hann er-a vamma vanr.
23. Ósviðr maðr vakir um allar nætr
ok hyggr at hvívetna;
þá er móðr, er at morgni kemr,
allt er víl sem var.
24. Ósnotr maðr hyggr sér alla vera
viðhlæjendr vini;
hittki hann fiðr, þótt þeir um hann fár lesi,
ef hann með snotrum sitr.
25. Ósnotr maðr hyggr sér alla vera
viðhlæjendr vini;
þá þat finnr, er at þingi kemr,
at hann á formælendr fáa.
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