The Eternal Bridge

 
My beloved!
I won't come this weekend either!
Truly I'm terribly busy, you know that!
Please forgive me!


My darling!
Why you're busy, I understand well enough!
That girl will be alone this week too!
Isn't that right? Tell me!


Little girl! Listen to what I'm saying!
Don't build your home on foundations of sand,
when the waves come and break that house,
the rest of your life will pass in tears!


The river
that has changed its course
has left the bridge far, far behind.......
Though the bridge may last
a hundred years,
what does it matter now that the water's gone!