Someone was lying drunk by the roadside, having lost all self-control.

A worshipper passed by and looked at him in his disgraceful state.

The young man woke from his drunken sleep and said:

'When they pass by idle talk, they pass by with dignity.'

If you see a sinner, be discreet and forbearing

O you who condemn my state, why don’t you pass by nobly?

Turn not away, O pious one, from the sinner

Look upon him with compassion

If I am dishonorable in my deeds

Then pass by me as the honorable would