Already he had appeared at the Harim without his Jubbah, and with ungirt loins-in waistcoat and shirt-sleeves.

He felt like an unworthy steward caught at his master's return unprepared, with ungirt loins, and unlighted lamp.

Your light will not shine in a naughty world without your strenuous effort, and ungirt loins will very shortly lead to extinguished lamps.

Ungirt loins, unlit lamps, unused talents, sink a man like lead.

Ungirt loins and unlit lamps are fatal.