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If love between both sides can last for aye,
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For life or for death, however separated,
To our wives we pledged our word.
We held their hands;
We are to grow old together with them.
By James Legge, a noted Scottish sinologist (1815-1897).
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On high, we’d be two love birds flying wing to wing,
On earth, two trees with branches twined from spring to spring.
By Xu Yuanchong, a distinguished Chinese literature translator.
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By riverside are cooing
A pair of turtledoves;
A good young man is wooing
A fair maiden he loves.
By Xu Xuanchong, a distinguished Chinese literature translator.
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I find my gown too large, but I will not regret;
It's worth while growing languid for my dear coquette.
by Xu Yuan Chong, a distinguished Chinese literature translator.
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A thousand times I search for her in the crowd,
And, suddenly turning my head,
Discover her where the lantern lights are dim.
By Yang Xianyi, a renowned Chinese literature translator Yang Xianyi (1915-2009).
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Lovers would grieve at parting as of cold.
How could you stand this clear autumn day so cold!
By Xu Yuanchong, a distinguished Chinese literature translator.
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Such sorrow can by no means be driven away.
From eyebrows kept apart,
Again it gnaws my heart.
By Xu Yuanchong, a distinguished Chinese literature translator.
