هَجَرتَ أُمامةَ هَجرا طَويلا

هَجَرتَ أُمامةَ هَجرا طَويلا

وَما كانَ هَجرُكَ إِلّا جَميلا

وَما كانَ هَجرُكَ إِلّا جَميلا

You deserted Umamah for a long time.

You left Ummāmah behind for long

And your desertion was nothing but gracious,

And your abandonment was only beautiful

عَلى غَيرِ بُغض وَلا عَن قِلى

عَلى غَيرِ بُغض وَلا عَن قِلى

وَإِلّا حَياءَ وَإِلّا ذُهولا

وَإِلّا حَياءَ وَإِلّا ذُهولا

Without hatred, nor out of loathing,

Not out of hatred or boredom

But only out of shyness, and only out of distraction.

But out of shyness and awe

بَخِلنا لِبُخلِك قَد تَعلَمينَ

بَخِلنا لِبُخلِك قَد تَعلَمينَ

فَكَيفَ يَلومُ بَخيلٌ بَخيلا

فَكَيفَ يَلومُ بَخيلٌ بَخيلا

We were miserly because of your miserliness, as you well know;

You know we were stingy because of your stinginess

So how can a miser blame a miser?

So how can one stingy person blame another?