they cut off their matter and you are a donkey respected for your stupidity and foolishness until the host of the gathering said to him you have bored us with listening to them so please leave them or sing something else. the matter seemed to ibn hazm to be a kind of joke until he found that his joke had no effect on that country. the third situation when someone invited a lover who was happy and joyful to sit with his beloved to come to his house but he did not do so. when the inviter met him after a while he rebuked him harshly so ibn hazm said to him i will reveal his excuse correctly from the book of allah the almighty when he says we did not fail to meet you of our own accord but we were burdened with the adornments of the people. this is a deep joke.
قطعوا أمرهم وأنت حمار موقر من بلادة وغباء حتى قال له صاحب المجلس وقد أمللتنا من سماعهما فتفضل بتركهما أو إنشاد غيرهما ، فالأمر كان يبدو لابن حزم نوعا من التندر، حتى وجد أن تندره لا يؤثر في ذلك البلد. والموقف الثالث حين دعا أحدهم محبا كان متأنسا فرحا بجلوسه مع محبوبه ليحضر إلى منزله، فلم يفعل فلما قابله الداعي بعد مدة لامه بشدة، فقال له ابن حزم أنا أكشف عذره صحيحا من كتاب الله عز وجل إذ يقول ما اخلفنا موعدك بملكنا ولكنا حملنا أوزارا من زينة القوم وهي دعابة عميقة.