اللَهُ يَعلَمُ ما أَرَدتُ بِهَجرِكُم

إِلا مُصانَعَةَ العَدوِّ الكاشِحِ

God knows I did not mean to shun you

Only to appease the raging enemy

وَعَلِمتُ أَنَّ تَباعُدي وَتَسَتُّري

أَوفى لِوَصلِكِ مِن دُنوٍّ فاضِحِ

And I knew keeping my distance, hiding

Would better serve our bond than brazen intimacy