ومولَعٍ بالكُتْبِ يَبْتاعُها

بأرْخَصِ السّوْمِ وأغْلاهُ

Passionate for books, he buys them

At the cheapest and dearest prices

في نِصْفِ الاسْتِذْكارِ أعطَيْتُهُ

مُخْتَصَرَ العيْنِ فأرْضاهُ

I gave him an abridged version

Of Al-‘Ayn, and it satisfied him