The beloved went away

دلبر برفت و دلشدگان را خبر نکرد

The beloved went away and did not tell the lovesick;

یاد حریف شهر و رفیق سفر نکرد

she gave no thought to the friend in the city or the companion on the road.

یا بخت من طریق مروت فروگذاشت

Either my fortune abandoned the way of kindness,

یا او به شاهراه طریقت گذر نکرد

or she did not travel the high road of the Path.

گفتم مگر به گریه دلش مهربان کنم

I said, "Perhaps with weeping I can make her heart kind";

چون سخت بود در دل سنگش اثر نکرد

it was so hard that it left no mark on her heart of stone.

شوخی مکن که مرغ دل بی‌قرار من

Do not mock, for the restless bird of my heart

سودای دام عاشقی از سر به درنکرد

has not put the longing for love's snare out of its head.

هر کس که دید روی تو بوسید چشم من

Whoever saw your face kissed my eye,

کاری که کرد دیده من، بی‌نظر نکرد

for what my eye did was not done without insight.

من ایستاده تا کنمش جان فدا چو شمع

I stood waiting to offer my life to her like a candle;

او خود گذر به ما چو نسیم سحر نکرد

but she never passed our way, like the dawn breeze.