A thousand times I search for her in the crowd
And, suddenly turning my head,
Discover her where the lantern lights are dim.

众里寻他千百度,蓦然回首,那人却在,灯火阑珊处。

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In Poetry and Prose of the Tang and Song, trans. Yang Xianyi and Gladys Yang (Alma Classics, 1984), p. 300

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