1. the purest of lethargy preoccupation and gorging is like a full and satiated person. 2. and in that he does not raise his hand nor does he interrupt his eating. rather it is plucking after plucking and hanging the hand in the middle of that. so it is inevitable that some of them will shrink and raise their hand and perhaps that includes their group. so when he knows that he has protected them and devised a plan for them until he uproots them from their places around the table 3 and returns them to their places in their seats he begins eating and eats like a hungry and chilled person. 4 and he says eating is only sometimes and drinking is sometimes.
صدرا ١ ، أطهر الفتور والتشاغل والتنقر كالشبعان الممتلىء ٢ . وهو في ذلك غير رافع يده ولا قاطع أكله. إنما هو النتف بعد النتف، وتعليق اليد في خلل ذلك. فلا بد من أن ينقبض بعضهم ويرفع يده، ربما شمل ذلك جماعتهم. فإذا علم أنه قد أحرزهم واحتال لهم، حتى يقلعهم من مواضعهم من حول الخوان، ٣ ويعيدهم الى مواضعهم من مجالسهم، ابتدأ الأكل، فأكل أكل الجائع المقرور ٤ وقال إنما الأكل تارات والشرب تارات .