Sometimes when one leaves, there is no return

I won’t live long enough to forget you,

Yet my heart will not stop beating without you.

These wounds you left behind won’t ever heal,

Sometimes when one leaves, there is no return.

If I ever long for your embrace,

If my heart still yearns for your fragrance,

Still, one learns to live no matter what—

Sometimes when one leaves, there is no return.

Tell me, why are you so distressed?

Why do questions keep scratching at your heart?

Leaving you was a sign of my destiny,

Sometimes when one leaves, there is no return.

Do not ever think that I will come back,

Do not lie saying you love me.

Do not wait for me, hoping I’ll arrive

Sometimes when one leaves, there is no return.

Husanxon Odilov

Uzbekistan