Instead of being on display on the cliff for a thousand years
I'd rather have a hearty cry on my lover's shoulder for a single night.
与其在悬崖上展览千年
不如在爱人肩头痛哭一晚
不如在爱人肩头痛哭一晚
Original text (Chinese)
Notes from Wikiquote
"Goddess Peak" [神女峰, Shennü feng], in The Cambridge History of Chinese Literature, Volume II: From 1375 (Cambridge University Press, 2010), p. 649