يا هاجري لا تغلَطَنْ

يا هاجري لا تغلَطَنْ

إني وحقِّك أهجرُ

إني وحقِّك أهجرُ

O you who shun me, make no mistake:

O you who forsake me, make no mistake:

Truly, by your honor, I shun you.

Indeed, by your honor, I too forsake.

إن كنتَ بَلْ فأنا كإن

إن كنتَ بَلْ فأنا كإن

شرطُ الجزا لا يُنكَرُ

شرطُ الجزا لا يُنكَرُ

If you are “rather,” then I am like “if”—

If you are ‘bal’ (‘rather’), then I am like ‘in’ (‘if’);

The condition of requital cannot be denied.

The condition for requital cannot be denied.