A Classic Chinese Love Poem

You and I

You and I are so crazy

about each other,

as hot as a potter's fire.

Out of the same chunk

of clay, shape a you,

shape a me. Crush us

both into clay again, mix

it with water, reshape

a you, reshape a me.

So, I have you in my body,

and you'll have me forever in yours, too.

Guan Daosheng (~1250)

translated by Qiu Xiaolong

Does this poem remind you of Kurunthokai 40 (Sangam poetry)? Click here to check out the Tamil poem and a few movie songs that express the simile of rainwater and red earth.