鹊仙桥~两情若是久长时，又岂在朝朝暮暮。 秦观 If the love between two lasts long By Qin Guan [English lyrics]

《鹊桥仙·纤云弄巧》是宋代词人秦观的词作。这是一首咏七夕的节序词，借牛郎织女悲欢离合的神话故事，讴歌了真挚、细腻、纯洁、坚贞的爱情。上片写牛郎织女聚会，下片写他们的离别。全词哀乐交织，熔抒情与议论于一炉，融天上人间为一体，优美的形象与深沉的感情结合起来，起伏跌宕地讴歌了美好的爱情。此词用情深挚，立意高远，语言优美，议论自由流畅，通俗易懂，却又显得婉约蕴藉，余味无穷，尤其是末二句，使词的思想境界升华到一个崭新的高度，成为千古佳句。

'The Cowherd and Weaver Girl' by Qin Guan is a ci poetry work from the Song Dynasty. It is a seasonal poem celebrating the Qixi Festival, borrowing the bittersweet myth of the cowherd and weaver girl to eulogize true, delicate, pure and steadfast love. The first part depicts their reunion, while the second part describes their separation. The entire poem interweaves sorrow and joy, melting lyricism with exposition into one crucible, fusing the heavenly and human realms into one. Beautiful imagery combines with profound emotion in an undulating rhythm to sing the praises of wonderful love. This poem expresses deep affection, has lofty aspirations, uses beautiful language, and its exposition flows freely and is easy to understand, yet remains implicit and reserved, leaving an endless aftertaste. Especially the final two lines elevate the poem's ideological realm to new heights, becoming an immortal couplet for the ages.