Flying together, until the sea dries up and the stones rot

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15 pages, 1,805 words, 15 chapters
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China Elements of angst Elements of drama Elements of romance Hurt/Comfort Poems Symbolism Writober
Description:
Chinese Poetic Writober 2025.
Notes:
• A collection of poems about various characters written during the Asiatober 2025 #asiatober_zoya25 • This year, I'd like to participate in this event with the poems in English. There is a collection like this in Russian on my FicBook profile (2024) • Maybe, not each day will be covered • The name of the collection is based on two Chinese idioms: 比翼双飞 bǐ yì shuāng fēi - to fly wing to wing (figuratively: to live in a perfect harmony, to be inseparable) 海枯石烂 hǎi kū shí làn - [until] the sea dries up and the stones rot (usually in oaths; figuratively: forever, forever and ever)
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7 - Silk fan (Wen Kexing/Zhou Zishu)

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Your fan is not made of silk: Rather, it’s bearing the sharpest blade. Red are your clothes, crimson’s eyeliner: The fan’s bloody edge won’t fade. You are my salvation — saved me from the trap, And tied, — really tightly, — the enemies' hands. No time to wait till the fighting, — so harshly, — ends, Giving your sacred and honoured bow: Millions of people standing behind us now… Our bond is forever valid — we’ll return to the House of spring, — As we should have, so long ago. May your fan, oh, protect me, — our love, — with its gentle flow.
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