لمَّا عِشقتُ طَردت النّومَ عَن مُقلي

لمَّا عِشقتُ طَردت النّومَ عَن مُقلي

وَقَد تَولَّى وَما قَد زارَ لي حَدقا

وَقَد تَولَّى وَما قَد زارَ لي حَدقا

When I fell in love, I drove sleep from my eyes.

When I fell in love, sleep was banished from my eyes

And it has turned away and has not visited my pupils.

Though it has long deserted me and seldom visits anymore

فَالعِشقُ وَالنّومُ ضِدَّانِ اِجتِماعُهما

فَالعِشقُ وَالنّومُ ضِدَّانِ اِجتِماعُهما

مِنَ المُحالِ فَلا نَوم لِمَن عَشِقا

مِنَ المُحالِ فَلا نَوم لِمَن عَشِقا

For love and sleep are opposites; their union

For love and sleep are opposites; it's impossible

Is impossible, so there is no sleep for one who has fallen in love.

For one who's in love to sleep