رأيت في طاقةٍ كالبدرِ وجه فتى

فقلت من تحت هذا البانة النضره

In an opening like the full moon I saw a youth's face

So I asked, who is this with the radiant forehead?

قالوا حكمت وما أبصرت قامته

فقلت إني عرفت الغصن بالثمره

They said you guessed but did not see his stature

I said I knew the branch by its fruit