and if you exaggerate we will spend a bad night from concern for your matter. and we have not prepared wine or honey for you. and i only said these words lest you say tomorrow it happened and it happened. and by god i have fallen between the fangs of a lion. for if i had not brought it to you and i had mentioned it to you you would have said
وإن بالغت بتنا في ليلة سوء، من الإهتمام بأمرك. ولم نعد لك نبيذا ولا عسلا. وإنما قلت هذا الكلام، لئلا تقول غدا كان وكان. والله قد وقعت بين نابي أسد. لأني لو لم أجئك به، وقد ذكرته لك، قلت