And she was gone

شربتی از لب لعلش نچشیدیم و برفت

We never tasted a drop from her ruby lip, and she was gone;

روی مه پیکر او سیر ندیدیم و برفت

we never looked our fill at her moon-like face, and she was gone.

گویی از صحبت ما نیک به تنگ آمده بود

It seems she had grown quite weary of our company:

بار بربست و به گردش نرسیدیم و برفت

she packed her load, we could not even catch her dust, and she was gone.

بس که ما فاتحه و حرز یمانی خواندیم

How often we recited the Fatiha and the Yemeni charm,

وز پی‌اش سوره اخلاص دمیدیم و برفت

and breathed the Sura of Sincerity after her, and she was gone.

عشوه دادند که بر ما گذری خواهی کرد

They beguiled us, saying she would pass our way;

دیدی آخر که چنین عشوه خریدیم و برفت

you saw in the end how we bought that beguiling, and she was gone.

شد چمان در چمن حسن و لطافت لیکن

She walked gracefully through the meadow of beauty and grace, but

در گلستان وصالش نچمیدیم و برفت

we never strolled in the rose garden of her company, and she was gone.

همچو حافظ همه شب ناله و زاری کردیم

Like Hafez, all night we wept and lamented:

کای دریغا به وداعش نرسیدیم و برفت

"Alas, we never reached her to say farewell," and she was gone.