人生不相見， It is almost as hard for friends to meet 動如參與商。 As for the Orion and Scorpius. 今夕復何夕， Tonight then is a rare event, 共此燈燭光。 Joining, in the candlelight, 少壯能幾時， Two men who were young not long ago 鬢髮各已蒼。 But now are turning grey at the temples. 訪舊半為鬼， To find that half our friends are dead 驚呼熱中腸。 Shocks us, burns our hearts with grief. 焉知二十載， We little guessed it would be twenty years 重上君子堂。 Before I could visit you again. 昔別君未婚， When I went away, you were still unmarried; 兒女忽成行。 But now...
