أَحسَنُ ما في صالِحٍ وَجهُهُ

أَحسَنُ ما في صالِحٍ وَجهُهُ

فَقِس عَلى الغائِبِ بِالشاهِدِ

فَقِس عَلى الغائِبِ بِالشاهِدِ

The best thing about Salih is his face;

The fairest trait of Saleh's face

so judge the unseen by the seen.

Judge the absent by the one present

تَأَمَّلَت عَيني لَهُ خِلقَةً

تَأَمَّلَت عَيني لَهُ خِلقَةً

تَدعو إِلى تَزنِيَةِ الوالِدِ

تَدعو إِلى تَزنِيَةِ الوالِدِ

My eye studied his appearance,

My eyes surveyed in him a nature

which invites a charge of fornication against his father.

That summons to resemble the father