Permit no sleep to your eyes or slumber to your eyelids.

When you lie down you will not be filled with fear; when you lie down your sleep will be pleasant.

How long, you sluggard, will you lie there? When will you rise from your sleep?

A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to relax,

“A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to relax,

For they cannot sleep unless they cause harm; they are robbed of sleep until they make someone stumble.

Do not love sleep, lest you become impoverished; open your eyes so that you might be satisfied with food.