لَمّا عَلِمتَ بَدَأتَ بِالهَجرِ

لَمّا عَلِمتَ بَدَأتَ بِالهَجرِ

وَرَمَيتَني مِن حَيثُ لا أَدري

وَرَمَيتَني مِن حَيثُ لا أَدري

When you knew, you began to shun me.

When you knew, you began to shun me

And you struck me from a direction unknown to me.

And pelted me from where I knew not

ما كُنتُ تَدري كَيفَ تَقتُلُني

ما كُنتُ تَدري كَيفَ تَقتُلُني

فَهَجَرتَني وَفَطَنتَ لِلهَجرِ

فَهَجَرتَني وَفَطَنتَ لِلهَجرِ

You did not know how to kill me.

You did not know how you were killing me

So you forsook me and saw the point of estrangement.

So you shunned me and were keen on schism