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Her charming smile is lovely; her beautiful eyes glance brightly.
Plain meaningYour smile and your eyes are captivating.
English wording on Gu Ren Said is an original reading aid, not a claim that there is only one valid literary translation.
At one backward glance and smile, a hundred charms came alive; the painted beauties of the six palaces lost their color.
Plain meaningHer smile outshines everyone around her.
English wording on Gu Ren Said is an original reading aid, not a claim that there is only one valid literary translation.
Clouds would borrow her robes and flowers her face; spring wind brushes the railing, and the dew glows richly.
Plain meaningHer beauty calls to mind clouds, blossoms, spring wind, and luminous dew.
English wording on Gu Ren Said is an original reading aid, not a claim that there is only one valid literary translation.
A red bean is set inside the delicate die; do you know this longing has entered my bones?
Plain meaningI miss you so deeply it feels carved into me.
English wording on Gu Ren Said is an original reading aid, not a claim that there is only one valid literary translation.
Green, green is your collar; long, long is the yearning in my heart.
Plain meaningYou stay on my mind, and my longing does not fade.
The collar identifies the person being longed for; the repeated words make the feeling linger.
English wording on Gu Ren Said is an original reading aid, not a claim that there is only one valid literary translation.
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