وشادِنٍand a fawn-like youth مُعتَدِلٍstraight قَدُّهُhis figure
وشادِنٍ مُعتَدِلٍ قَدُّهُ
يظَنُّis imagined فيهِin him إنْif تَثَنَّىhe sways أَوَدْa bend
يظَنُّ فيهِ إنْ تَثَنَّى أَوَدْ
And a fawn-like youth whose figure is straight—
if he sways, one imagines a bend in him.
قَبَّلْتُهُI kissed him عَمْداًdeliberately لِيَقْتَصَّso he might exact retribution مِنfrom
قَبَّلْتُهُ عَمْداً لِيَقْتَصَّ مِن
فميmy mouth فإنَّfor indeed العَمْدَdeliberate wrongdoing فِيهِfor it قَوَدْretaliation in kind
فمي فإنَّ العَمْدَ فِيهِ قَوَدْ
I kissed him deliberately, so he might exact retribution from
my mouth—for deliberate wrongdoing calls for retaliation in kind.
Sol 6.1