وأهيفٍand a slender youth حازpossessed قداa figure
وأهيفٍ حاز قدا
قدindeed حارwas bewildered فيهby it المعنىthe lovesick one
قد حار فيه المعنى
And a slender youth possessed a figure
that left the lovesick one bewildered;
يراهhe sees him فيin الحسنbeauty فرداpeerless
يراه في الحسن فردا
لكنهbut he يتثنىbends and sways
لكنه يتثنى
he sees him as peerless in beauty,
yet he bends and sways.