 was dyed with the wine of vinegar 1 until my good mind was exhausted and i loved wealth out of my hatred of poverty and i hated poverty out of my pride in bearing humiliation. did he accuse me may you have no mother of desiring his lunch? by god i did not eat with him except so that he would be ashamed of the sanctity of eating with me and so that his generosity would become a reason for hastening the need 2 . then he got up with the document 3 with its clay on it and threw it against the wall until he broke it. then he spat on the document and rubbed some of it against others then he tore it up and threw it. then he said to everyone who was present in the gathering this is a thousand dinars that my father soandso owed me bear witness all of you that i have taken it from him and that he is innocent of everything i demand of him then he got up.
اصطبغت من دن خل ١ حتى فني من حسن العقل، وأحببت الغنى بغضي للفقر، وأبغضت الفقر بفضل أنفتي من احتمال الذل. تعرض لي لا أم لك بأني أرغب في غدائه؟ والله ما أكلت معه إلا ليستحيي من حرمة المؤاكلة، وليصير كرمه سببا لتعجيل الحاجة ٢ . ثم نهض بالصك ٣ ، وعليه طينته، فاعترض بها الحائط حتى كسرها. ثم تفل في الكتاب وحك بعضه ببعض، ثم مزقه ورمى به. ثم قال لكل من شهد المجلس هذه ألف دينار كانت لي على أبي فلان، اشهدوا جميعا على أني قد قبضت منه، وأنه بريء من كل شيء أطالبه به، ثم نهض.