تميلُmakes sway بقدّهhis figure الصّهباءُthe tawny wine سُكراin drunkenness
تميلُ بقدّه الصّهباءُ سُكرا
كغضنlike a branch (likely كغصن) البانthe bān tree ملاswayed (likely مال) بهwith it النّسيمُthe breeze
كغضن البان ملا به النّسيمُ
The tawny wine sways, drunk on his figure,
Tawny wine makes his figure sway in drunkenness,
like a bān-tree bough swayed by the breeze.
Like a bān-tree branch swayed by the breeze.
ويرُنوand he gazes منfrom لواحظeyes فاتراتlanguid
ويرُنو من لواحظ فاترات
كماjust as يرُنوgazes لعائدهat his visitor السّيمُthe ailing man (likely السقيم)
كما يرُنو لعائده السّيمُ
And he gazes through languid eyes,
And he gazes with languid eyes,
as a sick man gazes toward his visitor.
As an ailing man gazes at his visitor.
