一、

杨柳青青江水平，

闻郎江上唱歌声。

东边日出西边雨，

道是无晴却有晴。

——刘禹锡《竹枝词》

Between the willow green the river flows along;

My beloved in a boat is heard singing a song.

The west is veiled in rain;

The east basks in sunshine,

My beloved is as deep in love as the day is fine.

Translated by Xu Yuanzhong

二、

If the man be a bachelor, sir, I can; but if he be a married man, he’s his wife’s head, and I can never cut off a woman’s head.

——Shakespeare – Measure for Measure

老爷，他要是个光棍汉子，那就好办；可是他要是个有老婆的，那么人家说丈夫是妻子的头，叫我杀女人的头，我可下不了这个手。

——莎士比亚《一报还一报》