حضرت صلاة العصر خلف مبلّغٍ
بهيّ المحيَّا يعشق الجمع شكلهُ
I attended the afternoon prayer behind a muballigh,
radiant of countenance, whose looks the congregation adores.
فأقسم من خدَّيه والثغر بالضحى
وبالصبح ما أبصرت في العصرِ مثله
So, at his cheeks and gleaming smile, I swear by the bright forenoon,
and by the dawn: never at ʿaṣr—never in this age—have I beheld his like.
Sol 5.6