纤云弄巧，飞星传 ，银汉迢迢暗渡 金风玉露一相逢， 便胜却人间无数。
柔情似水，佳期如 ，忍顾鹊桥归路 两情若是久长时， 又岂在朝朝暮暮？
秦观 Qin Guan(Song Dynasty AD1049-1100)
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Yonder clouds weaving together
Amidst the flaming stars
Drifting along the heavenlies
Bringing two Lovers from afar
The Lovers’ rendezvous tonight
Adorned the autumn sky
No joy on earth e’en a hundred thousand times
May compare to the Lovers’ meeting eyes
Precious and tender, the Lovers’ love
‘twas like a beautiful beautiful dream
Yet gazing mournfully at the magpie bridge
That will set them apart again
But Eternal Lovers if they were so
Will time apart they not endure?
[Translated by Jack & Sarah Wang Qian]
inspired by
Dr. Kylie Hsu's translation
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