when the table was cleared he said to him say farewell and go back to your country. our fathers and predecessors among the kings used to say he who is greedy for food before the king is even greedily disposed to the wealth of the subjects the common people and the lowly. so he was not satisfied with what he had brought him.
فلما رفعت المائدة، قال له ودع وانصرف إلى بلدك. فإن آباءنا وسلفنا من الملوك، كانوا يقولون من شره بين يدي الملك إلى الطعام، كان إلى أموال الرعية والسوقة والوضعاء أشد شرها. فلم يستكفه على ما كان أحضره له.