You may have heard of the star-crossed lovers from the Qixi Festival – 

Niulang, whose name means “cowherd”, and Zhinu, or “weaver girl”, 

how they fell in love but were banned from seeing each 

because of opposition from the girl’s family

(If you do really not know all the juicy details…)

Anyway, it’s important to know the story behind it

But, the more important is 

To know how to express your love

Find true love in lover’s words.

Check! 

1

春水初生 春林初盛

春风十里 不如你

Shall I compare you to a Spring day

冯唐《三十六大》

Feng Tang, born in 1971 in Beijing,  is a Chinese author and translator. He studied at Peking Union Medical College from 1990 to 1998 and earned a doctorate in clinical medicine with a specialization in gynecologic oncology. He received an MBA in business management in the United States and has worked as a consultant for McKinsey & Company. 

2

每想你一次，天上飘落一粒沙

从此形成了撒哈拉

每想你一次，天上就掉下一滴水

于是形成了太平洋

Every time I miss you

There is a grain of sand falling from the sky

Then it forms Sahara desert

Every time I miss you

There is a grain of water falling from the sky

Then it forms the Pacific Ocean

三毛

3

传闻人有206根骨头

暖风吹起你裙子那一刻我有207根

It’s said that our human beings have 206 bones

The moment the warm wind blows your skirt

I got 207…

杜蕾斯

4

我想你一定很忙

所以你只看前面三个字就好了

I think(miss) you must be very busy now

So, just look at the first three words

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5

醒来觉得甚是爱你

我愿意舍弃一切，以想念你终此一生

我一天一天明白你的平凡，

同时却一天一天愈更深切地爱你。

你如照镜子，你不会看得见你特别好的所在。

但你如走进我的心里来，

你一定能知道自己是怎样好法。

我们都是世上多余的人，

但至少我们对于彼此都是世界最重要的人。

我想作诗，写雨，写夜的相思，写你，写不出。

如果不是因为这世界有些古怪，

我巴不得永远和你厮守在一起。

寄给你全宇宙的爱和自太古至永劫的思念。

Due to its strangeness of the world

I want to stay with you forever

Send you all the love from the whole universe

And the mind of missing you from a long time ago

出自朱生豪《醒来觉得甚是爱你》

6

我现在不坏了，我有了良心。我的良心就是你。

I am now a good man with a conscience. You are my conscience.

不一定要你爱我，但是我爱你，这是我的命运。

You don’t really have to love me, but I love you. It’s destined.

李银河

And

When these romantic words are translated into Chinese

You will find…