边城小镇

枉凝眉

Hope Betrayed

一个是阆苑仙葩

One was a flower from paradise,

一个是美玉无瑕

One a pure jade without spot or stain.

若说没奇缘

If each for the other one was not intended,

今生偏又遇着他

Then why in this life did they meet again?

若说有奇缘

And yet if fate had meant them for each other,

如何心事终需话

Why was their earthly meeting all in vain?

一个枉自嗟呀

In vain were all her sighs and tears.

一个空劳牵挂

In vain were all his anxious fears. All, insubstantial, doomed to pass,

一个是水中月

As moonlight mirrored in the water

一个是镜中花

Or flowers reflected in a glass.

想眼中能有多少泪珠儿

How many tears from those poor eyes could flow,

怎禁得秋流到冬，春流到夏

Which every season rained upon her woe?