In the Black Whale at Ascalon

The landlord said: 'I say,

He's drinking of my date-juice wine

Much more than he can pay!'

In the Black Whale at Ascalon

The waiters brought the bill,

In arrow-heads on six broad tiles

To him who thus did swill.

In the Black Whale at Ascalon

The guest cried out: 'O woe!