1. When we meet, we pity the thin ones, and call them to ask about their hardships. I feel ashamed of the son of man and dare not sigh in the dust. ——"Arriving Home at the End of the Year/Arriving Home at the End of the Year" Qing Dynasty: Jiang Shiquan
Translation: Seeing her son lose weight, my mother felt distressed and called me to inquire about the hardships of the journey. Mother, my son is already ashamed of you and will not have the heart to tell you about the troubles he suffered while living abroad.
2. I have been alone for a long time, and I am ashamed to see you so often. He has his own share in life, and he is a relative of the Cai family. ——"Happy to Meet My Brother Lu Lun" Tang Dynasty: Sikong Shu
Translation: I am ashamed to have been alone and sunk for such a long time, and I have failed to live up to your frequent visits to express my condolences. We are poetry friends and are destined to each other from birth, not to mention that you and I are cousins.
3. This feeling can be recalled later, but it was already at a loss at that time. ——"Jin Se" by Li Shangyin of the Tang Dynasty
Translation: All kinds of love affairs cannot be sad until they are recalled. As time goes by, one has already experienced the bitterness and sadness in them. The friendship we once had cannot be recalled today, but it was careless and already at a loss.
4. The last two parts are the same in desolation, and the most overwhelming one is the moonlight. ——Nalan Xingde of the Qing Dynasty, "The Poppy: Meet Again in the Deep of Qulan"
Translation: After separation, you and I endured the same desolate pain. Every time the moon is full, we feel doubly sad because we cannot be reunited.
5. Thousands of thoughts, many solutions, but loneliness. Dedicated to my whole life, I will bear your thousands of tears. ——"Remembering the Imperial Capital" by Liu Yong of the Song Dynasty
Translation: I miss you thousands of times, always trying various ways to enlighten and explain it, but in the end I can only let it go in silence and boredom.
I will tie you to my heart for the rest of my life, but I have let you down and shed endless sad tears. I can only sincerely apologize to you!