1 Like snow in summer or rain in harvest,

honor is not fitting for a fool.

2 Like a fluttering sparrow or a darting swallow,

an undeserved curse does not come to rest.

1 As snow in summer, and as rain in harvest,

So honour is not seemly for a fool.

2 As the bird by wandering, as the swallow by flying,

So the curse causeless shall not come.

1 Honor is no more associated with fools

than snow with summer or rain with harvest.

2 Like a fluttering sparrow or a darting swallow,

an undeserved curse will not land on its intended victim.

1 As snow in summer and rain in harvest,

So honor is not fitting for a fool.

2 Like a flitting sparrow, like a flying swallow,

So a curse without cause shall not alight.

1 It shouldn’t snow in summer or rain at harvest.

Neither should a foolish person ever be honored.

2 Curses will not harm someone who is innocent;

they are like sparrows or swallows that fly around and never land.

1 As snow in summer, and as rain in harvest,

So honor is not seemly for a fool.

2 As the sparrow in her wandering, as the swallow in her flying,

So the curse that is causeless alighteth not.

1 As snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, so honour beseemeth not a fool.

2 As the sparrow for flitting about, as the swallow for flying, so a curse undeserved shall not come.

1 Like snow in summertime and rain at harvest time, 

so honor is not right for a fool. 

2 Like a fluttering sparrow, 

like a darting swallow, 

so a hastily spoken curse does not come to rest. 

1 Like snow in summer and rain at harvest,

honor is inappropriate for a fool.

2 Like a flitting sparrow or a fluttering swallow,

an undeserved curse goes nowhere.

1 Like snow in summer or rain in harvest,

so honor is not fitting for a fool.

2 Like a sparrow in its flitting, like a swallow in its flying,

an undeserved curse goes nowhere.

1 Like snow in the summer and like rain at the harvest,

so honor is not fitting for a fool.

2 Like the sparrow is to fluttering and like the swallow is to flying,

so an undeserved curse does not go forth.

1 It isn’t proper to honor a foolish person.

That’s like having snow in summer or rain at harvest time.

2 A curse given for no reason is like a wandering bird or a flying sparrow.

It doesn’t go anywhere.

1 Like snow in summer and like rain in harvest,

So honor is not fitting for a fool.

2 Like a sparrow in its flitting, like a swallow in its flying,

So a curse without cause does not alight.