أَتَمَنّىI long for الّذَيthe one who إِذاwhen أَناI أَومأgestured (verb stem)
أَتَمَنّى الّذَي إِذا أَنا أَومأ
تُI (verb suffix) إِليهِto him بِطَرفِwith a glance of عَينيmy eye تَجَنّىtakes offense without cause
تُ إِليهِ بِطَرفِ عَيني تَجَنّى
I long for the one who, when I gesture
I wish for one who, if I hint
to him with a glance of my eye, takes offense without cause.
With a glance of my eye, will bend.
أَهيَفٌslender-waisted كَالقَضيبِlike a twig لَوif أَنَّthat ريحاًa breeze
أَهيَفٌ كَالقَضيبِ لَو أَنَّ ريحاً
حَرَّكَتstirred هُدبَthe fringe of ثَوبِهِhis robe لَتَثَنّىhe would sway
حَرَّكَت هُدبَ ثَوبِهِ لَتَثَنّى
Slender-waisted like a twig—if a breeze
Supple as a rod, so if a breeze
stirred the fringe of his robe, he would sway.
Stirred his garment's hem, he'd bend.