Even that cruel one understood, we had told our friends, that we would separate from the graveyard, the people of separation.

This powerful couplet speaks to the pain of separation (Hijr). The poet addresses the 'Zalim' (the cruel one, often representing the beloved or fate), implying that the beloved thinks we have told our friends that we must leave the gathering of the separated ones—the world of longing. But the real pain is not just the departure; it's the understanding that our very existence is defined by this profound, agonizing exile. It’s a cry of misunderstood suffering.