رحم الله صالح بن وصيفِ

رحم الله صالح بن وصيفِ

فلقد كان جدَّ شهمٍ ظريفِ

فلقد كان جدَّ شهمٍ ظريفِ

May God have mercy on Salih ibn Wasif;

May God have mercy on Salih bin Wasif

for he was indeed a truly gallant, refined man.

For he was indeed very noble and refined

كان لا يصطفي المخنَّث خدناً

كان لا يصطفي المخنَّث خدناً

بل يراه مثل الكنيف المجيف

بل يراه مثل الكنيف المجيف

He would not choose an effeminate man as a close companion,

He would not choose an effeminate as a boon companion

but regarded him as a foul-smelling privy.

Rather he saw him like chaff that was winnowed

معشر قربهم من الناس عرٌّ

معشر قربهم من الناس عرٌّ

لصحيح وقذرة لنظيف

لصحيح وقذرة لنظيف

A band whose nearness to people is scabies

A company who are despised by decent people

for the healthy, and filth for the clean.

While the wholesome is impure to the virtuous

فادحروا عنكم المخانيث دحراً

فادحروا عنكم المخانيث دحراً

وليوكَّل بذاك كل شريف

وليوكَّل بذاك كل شريف

So forcefully drive the effeminate men away from you,

So drive away the effeminate decisively

and let every honorable man be charged with that.

And let that task be for every gentleman