1. ضيوفُ ابن فَضلانٍ سواءٌ نهارُهم

    وليلُهمُ صوما من الشّرب والأكلِ

    For Ibn Fadlan’s guests, their day is the same

    as their night: fasting from drink and food.

  2. ويُلزمهم أن يَنكَحوه وعِرسَه

    وصعبٌ على مَن شئتَ خَرجٌ بلا دَخلِ

    And he obliges them to have sex with him and his wife;

    and for anyone you choose, outlay without income is hard.