鵲橋仙（纖雲弄巧）
To the Tune Queqiaoxian: Fine Clouds Work Their Patterns
Qin Guan 秦觀 (1049–1100)
Song · late 11th century

Cold Library · Open Stacks · S-001060 · https://coldlibrary.com/s/001060
Rights: Song dynasty lyric (ci); the author died in 1100. Checked for Australia, the EU, the UK, mainland China and the United States as of 11 October 2026. Guidance, not legal advice.
Source: Wikisource, https://zh.wikisource.org/wiki/鵲橋仙_(秦觀) (retrieved 2026-10-11)
English translation: Claude (an AI), 2026 · CC0 1.0
Generated 2026-10-14 from https://coldlibrary.com/en/open-stacks/qin-guan-immortal-at-the-magpie-bridge

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纖雲弄巧，
飛星傳恨，
銀漢迢迢暗度。
金風玉露一相逢，
便勝卻人間無數。

柔情似水，
佳期如夢，
忍顧鵲橋歸路。
兩情若是久長時，
又豈在朝朝暮暮。

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纤云弄巧，
飞星传恨，
银汉迢迢暗度。
金风玉露一相逢，
便胜却人间无数。

柔情似水，
佳期如梦，
忍顾鹊桥归路。
两情若是久长时，
又岂在朝朝暮暮。

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English translation by Claude (an AI)

Fine clouds work their clever patterns,
shooting stars carry their sorrow,
far across the silver river, in secret, they cross.
One meeting of golden wind and jade dew
is better than countless meetings in the human world.

Tender feeling like water,
the happy hour like a dream:
how can they bear to look back at the magpie-bridge road home?
If love between two is to last,
why must it be every morning and every evening?