If love between both sides can last for aye,

　　两情若是久长时，

　　Why need they stay together night and day?

　　又岂在朝朝暮暮。

　　By Xu Yuanchong, a distinguished Chinese literature translator.

　　原著《鹊桥仙》，宋代秦观，著名翻译家许渊冲翻译。

　　For life or for death, however separated,

　　无论生死，但怎能分离，

　　To our wives we pledged our word.

　　对我们的妻子，我们曾承诺。

　　We held their hands;

　　执子之手，

　　We are to grow old together with them.

　　与子偕老。

　　By James Legge, a noted Scottish sinologist (1815-1897).

　　原著出自《诗经》，苏格兰著名汉学家理雅各(1815-1897)翻译。

　　On high, we’d be two love birds flying wing to wing,

　　在天愿做比翼鸟，

　　On earth, two trees with branches twined from spring to spring.

　　在地愿为连理枝。

　　By Xu Yuanchong, a distinguished Chinese literature translator.

　　原著白居易《长恨歌》，许渊冲翻译。

　　By riverside are cooing

　　关关雎鸠，

　　A pair of turtledoves;

　　在河之洲，

　　A good young man is wooing

　　窈窕淑女，

　　A fair maiden he loves.

　　君子好逑。

　　By Xu Xuanchong, a distinguished Chinese literature translator.

　　原著出自《诗经》，许渊冲翻译。

　　I find my gown too large, but I will not regret;

　　衣带渐宽终不悔，

　　It’s worth while growing languid for my dear coquette.

　　为伊消得人憔悴。

　　by Xu Yuan Chong, a distinguished Chinese literature translator.

　　原著柳永《凤栖语》，许渊冲翻译。

　　A thousand times I search for her in the crowd,

　　众里寻他千百度，

　　And, suddenly turning my head,

　　蓦然回首，

　　Discover her where the lantern lights are dim.

　　那人却在灯火阑珊处。

　　By Yang Xianyi, a renowned Chinese literature translator Yang Xianyi (1915-2009).

　　原著辛弃疾《青玉案》，著名翻译家杨宪益翻译。

　　Lovers would grieve at parting as of cold.

　　枝上柳绵吹又少，

　　How could you stand this clear autumn day so cold!

　　天涯何处无芳草。

　　By Xu Yuanchong, a distinguished Chinese literature translator.

　　原著苏轼《蝶恋花》，许渊冲翻译。

　　Such sorrow can by no means be driven away.

　　此情无计可消除，

　　From eyebrows kept apart,

　　才下眉头，

　　Again it gnaws my heart.

　　却上心头。

　　By Xu Yuanchong, a distinguished Chinese literature translator.

　　原著李清照《一剪梅》，许渊冲翻译。