But the benefits that accrue from separation are incomparable to those of union. My beloved separated himself after union with me at mine.
میل من سوی وصال و میل او سوی فراق
ترک کامِ خود گرفتم تا بر آید کامِ دوست
(Hafiz)
I was inclined towards union but he was inclined towards separation. I dropped my desire so that my friend's desire may be realized.
"The true lover approaches him (i.e. his beloved) not with a view to lose him 'If but in order to regain himself, to come to his own and to develop the best of his capacities for action. He would rather be at a distance from his beloved in order to maintain his independence than approach him and lose it because that is the way in which he can be true to his love. (Ideology of the future)

What you gain from separation, union cannot give,
When He came to my resort, subdued was my yearning,
Come back sorrow, joy has brought them rest."