as for the men of letters and wit they spoke well of the boys described them well and gave them precedence over the girls in their seriousness and in their joking.
فأما الأدباء والظرفاء فقد قالوا في الغلمان فأحسنوا، ووصفوهم فأجادوا، وقدموهم على الجواري، في الجد منهم والهزل.