They said she and i are the best lovers,
but i just yearned for that frail girl.
Played with her every night,but my heart only opened for her.
now i finally found that everything is imperfect,
even i had a beautiful wife,she is still the only one twinkles my soul.
都道是金玉良缘，俺只念木石前盟。
空对着，山中高士晶莹雪；终不忘，世外仙姝寂寞林。
叹人间，美中不足今方信。
纵然是齐眉举案，到底意难平。
The mistake in love: 终 身误 ,it's also a poem from"Dream of the Red Chamber".Lin Daiyu died soon for yearning Jia Baoyu,So Jia's parents let he get married with a rich girl Xue Baochai(薛宝钗).Xue is a beautiful and clever wife,but in Jia Baoyu's heart,he only falls in love with Lin Daiyu even Lin had died.So he wrote this poem to confess his love and yearning to the dead first lover-Lin Daiyu
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