去さる者ものは追おわず

expression

do not pursue those who leave you

Proverb advising against clinging to people who have chosen to leave; often used to express a calm, detached attitude toward departures.

See also: 去る者は追わず、来たる者は拒まず

• 彼かれが辞やめると言いったら、去さる者ものは追おわずで引ひき止とめなかった。

  When he said he would quit, I didn't try to stop him, following the idea of 'do not pursue those who leave.'