 it is the right of the king if his companions or talkers are present that none of them should move his lips at the beginning nor interrupt his speech by interrupting it even if it is rare and delicious and that their purpose should be to listen well and to occupy the limbs with his speech. then when he has finished speaking and looks at one of them he has given him permission to speak to him of a similar type of speech. he does not have the right to speak in a different type of speech.
ومن حق الملك، إذا حضره سماره أو محدثوه، أن لا يحرك أحد منهم شفتيه مبتدئا، ولا يقطع حديثه بالاعتراض فيه، وإن كان نادرا شهيا، وأن يكون غرضهم حسن الاستماع، وإشغال الجوارح بحديثه؛ فإذا فرغ من الحديث فنظر إلى بعضهم، فقد أذن له أن يحدثه بنظير ذلك الجنس من الحديث. وليس له أن يأخذ في غير جنس حديثه.