The wicked, brilliant poet:
With his sublimity and bitter resentment
he strips every woman of her clothes.
He shoves every man onto the stage.
With his pictures and cutting tongue
he removes every dishonest front.
He unveils true man.

And true man lies before the poet,
ashamed and embarrassed for himself.
O! Lord, how disgraceful we are in our humanity
and how shamed we are to be in your image!
A thousand curses to this poet who in his vanity
wanted to expose us to the ugly habits shared by all!
A thousand curses, and a thousand thanks!