1. وتاجرٍ ماطلْتُهُ دينَهُ

    لأجتليهِ قال ما أمطلَكْ

    And I put off paying a merchant his due,

    to gaze upon him. He said, “How slow you are to pay!”

  2. قلتُ لهُ جيدُكَ لي أوْ لِمَنْ

    فقالَ هاتِ المالَ والجيدُ لكْ

    I said to him, “Is your neck mine—or whose?”

    Then he said, “Hand over the money, and my neck is yours.”