وَصَلَ الكِتابُ عَدَمتُ عَشرَ أَنامِلٍ
أَلَّفنَ ما فيهِ مِنَ التَضمينِ
The book arrived with ten fingers
That authored its contents
ما كانَ أَشبَهُ وَقَد عايَنتُهُ
بِوَثيقَةٍ ظَهَرَت عَلى مَديونِ
It was most similar, as I saw it
To a document against a debtor
