The one you love is far away, just as the Book of Songs puts it: 'on the other side of the water'.
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From 《蒹葭》 in the Airs of Qin of the 诗经: 所谓伊人，在水一方, 'the one I long for is on the other side of the water'. The singer follows the river upstream and down, and the loved one always stays out of reach.
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琼瑶 took the line as the title of her 1975 novel, and the song of the same name, with her words, became famous in 邓丽君's recording.
