إِذاwhenever ماever (emphatic) بَناتُdaughters (thoughts) النَفسِof the soul هَمَّتinclined بِسَلوَةٍtoward forgetfulness
إِذا ما بَناتُ النَفسِ هَمَّت بِسَلوَةٍ
تَعَرَّضَappeared وَهناًlate at night طَيفُthe phantom of أَروىArwa فَشاقَهاthen stirred their longing
تَعَرَّضَ وَهناً طَيفُ أَروى فَشاقَها
Whenever my soul's thoughts turned toward forgetfulness,
Arwa's phantom appeared late at night and stirred their longing.
وَمازِلتُand I kept أُبكيmaking weep العَينَthe eye فيat رَسمِthe traces of مَنزِلٍa dwelling
وَمازِلتُ أُبكي العَينَ في رَسمِ مَنزِلٍ
بِدَومَةَat Dawmah حَتّىuntil قَرَّحَmade raw الجَفنُthe eyelid ماقَهاits inner corner
بِدَومَةَ حَتّى قَرَّحَ الجَفنُ ماقَها
And I kept making my eye weep at the traces of a dwelling
At Dawmah, until the eyelid made its inner corner raw.