كَدَّرَhe clouded ماwhat راقَwas clear بِإِسرافِهِthrough his excess
كَدَّرَ ما راقَ بِإِسرافِهِ
وَأَخلَفَand he disappointed الظَنَّexpectation بِإِخلافِهِby his breaking promises
وَأَخلَفَ الظَنَّ بِإِخلافِهِ
He clouded what was clear through his excess,
He spoiled what was pleasing by his excess
and disappointed expectations by breaking his promises.
And disappointed hopes by his desertion
أَهيَفُa slender-waisted one يَستَعطِفُseeks to soften لَحظَthe gaze of الفَتىthe young man
أَهيَفُ يَستَعطِفُ لَحظَ الفَتى
إِنif كانَhe was غَضباناًangry بِأَعطافِهِwith his body's curves
إِن كانَ غَضباناً بِأَعطافِهِ
A slender-waisted one who seeks to soften a young man's gaze,
Does the slender one beg for the glance of the youth
if that young man is angry, with the curves of his body.
If he is angry with his gentle manners?
إِذاwhen التَثَنّيswaying عَصَفَتblew fiercely ريحُهُits wind
إِذا التَثَنّي عَصَفَت ريحُهُ
تَلاطَمَتcrashed against one another أَمواجُthe waves of أَردافِهِhis buttocks
تَلاطَمَت أَمواجُ أَردافِهِ
When the wind of his swaying blows fiercely,
When the bending one's wind raged
the waves of his buttocks crash against one another.
The waves of his buttocks clashed
Sol 6.1