1 Of vagrant dwellers in the houseless woods.

2 nor the houseless, "What has befallen your house?"

3 Let him who is houseless pull down the house of another; but let him labor diligently and build one for himself, thus by example assuring that his own shall be safe from violence when built.

4 The most efficient one still lies in building more houses with more floors so as to accommodate more houseless people.

5 For the truly good ask not the naked, "Where is your garment?" nor the houseless, "What has befallen your house?"

6 He shook his slender shoulders and pulled his concealing piwafwi cloak around him, remembering how vulnerable a houseless drow could be.

7 The truly good ask not the naked. 'Where is your garment?'nor the houseless, 'what has befallen your house?'

8 And tell how now, amid wreck and sorrow, 45 And want, and sickness, and houseless nights, He bides in calmness the silent morrow That no ray lights.