وَأَهجُرُ عَمداً كَي يُقالَ لَقَد سَلا

وَأَهجُرُ عَمداً كَي يُقالَ لَقَد سَلا

وَلَستُ بِسالٍ عَن هَواكِ إِلى الحَشرِ

وَلَستُ بِسالٍ عَن هَواكِ إِلى الحَشرِ

And I deliberately withdraw, so it may be said, “He has forgotten his love.”

I purposely abandon so it's said he's given up

Yet I shall not forget my love for you until the Resurrection.

Yet I'm not done with love for you till Judgment Day

وَلكِن إِذا كانَ المُحِبُّ عَلى الَّذي

وَلكِن إِذا كانَ المُحِبُّ عَلى الَّذي

يُحِبُّ شَفيقاً عامَلَ الناسَ بِالهَجرِ

يُحِبُّ شَفيقاً عامَلَ الناسَ بِالهَجرِ

But when a lover is protective of the one

But when a lover's kind unto whom he loves

he loves, he feigns estrangement before others.

He'll deal with people through aloofness, anyway