Original subtitles

"Rung Shi Hall, by the order of His Majesty"

Inside the Ning Kuo Mansion of Jinling City

...is the much-envied powerful Jia family

Ancestors so patriotic; while its descendants are rich

There're 12 young maids in two ranks

And many other maidens in the Da Guan Yuan

that happened in the lives of the female denizens

Let me go, let me go

Listen

Hadn't I, Jiu Da, carried your great grandfather...

from the heap of corpses long time ago

...you would not even exist

Yes...

Even old great granny has to give me some face

Who do you think you are?

Lai Er? The Head housekeeper?

What the hell do you think you are doing?

You sent me for a no-good job at the Ning residence

why'd the affairs of the Rung mansion concern me?

And you send me out of the city to get Miss Lin

I tell you, even if her mother Jia Man were alive

...she'd have to be nice to me

Right...

That Miss Lin, she could have stayed at...

Soo Chow, yet she wants to get mixed up with this lot

This mansion is full of bad elements

each one of them

up to their own bad ways

Out of my way, I'm coming over

I have to go to old Master at the ancestral temple

Old Master

Don't let Miss Lin come here

No glory remains

for the Ning & Rung mansion

except these pristine lions' two pairs at the gates...

Grandmother

Dai Yu

Madam Lian, Miss Lin has arrived

She's here already?

She is in Old granny's room

I'll change my clothes and come

Bring ten broomsticks, ten dusters

Alright...

You still on medicine now?

Yes, second aunty

I have been taking medicine since I born

Then you need to take care of your health

I'm late...

Old granny, I'm late

Dai Yu, meet cousin Lian

Cousin Lian

You're too kind, arise

No wonder you've been thought of night and day

You're like a great beauty in a painting

Dai Yu, stay here from now on

Make yourself at home

This is in fact your home

Anything you want to eat or need

...just tell me

I'll make sure you get it

Look at how you speak

She is the famous shrew in the house

Quite well-known in Nanking as Hot Chilly

Thank you, cousin Lian

Madam Chow

get Miss Lin's entourage settled in

Yes

Come with me

Dai Yu's chaperone is too young

Take my...

Ji Juan, you will serve Miss Lin from now on

Yes

Greet Miss Lin

Never mind

Master Bao is back

Greetings

Good boy

Greetings, madams

Good boy

Bao Yu

We have a guest

Come and meet cousin Lin

Bao Yu

Sister Lin?

- Sister Lin - Bao Yu

Sister Lin

I thought you looked familiar

Nonsense! Where have you seen her before?

She's just come today, how could you have seen her?

I might not have met her but she looks familiar

It seems my heart has known her

Good, then you'll get along fine

Cousin Lin, have you studied before?

Your name?

Dai Yu

Any alias?

None

No alias?

Do you have any jade?

Your piece of jade is a very precious one

Not everybody could have one

Bao Yu

They say it's rare and has a spirit in it

Well, I don't really care!

Bao Yu...

Brother Bao

This kid

Bao Yu, wear it

Come, brother Bao

Wicked child

You can do whatever you like to let off steam

But not on that piece of jade!

None of the sisters got that jade except me

Now the fairy-like cousin is here & not even she's got

So you can tell it's not a good thing

Brother Bao, come, wear it quickly

No

Wear it quickly

Bao Yu

Brother Bao, Bao Yu, wear it quickly

Brother Bao

Brother Bao, come, wear it quickly

Bao Yu

Brother Bao, come, wear it quickly

Brother Bao, be careful your dad might know

Brother Bao, wear it quickly

Hasn't old granny been saying all along?

This family's asset depends on this child

What is this?

It's the 26th of April today

This afternoon begins the festival of summer

After the festival summer will come

Flowers will fade

We have to bid the flower god farewell

What is this then?

The water is pure, I throw these petals in it

and don't make these dirty

They'll be dirty eventually

I have a flower grave over there

Put the petals in the gauze

then bury them

Flower grave? That's great

Brother Bao

Brother Bao, cousin Lin

Aunty Xue and Sister Bao Chai

...have all moved in here

Madam wants you to meet them

Sister Bao is here too

Yes, now you have

...another play mate

Go, quickly

Ping Er, tidy up Lai Heung Room

and bring Aunty Xue and Miss Bao to stay there

Yes, madam

Come and meet aunty Xue and sister Bao

Aunty Xue, Sister Bao

Never mind

Lose Not and Forget Not; Live a Long Life

Leave Not and Abandon Not; Keep a youthful mind

Look like a real pair made in heaven

Lose Not and Forget Not; Live a Long Life

Leave Not and Abandon Not; Keep a youthful mind

Indeed, a real pair made in heaven

What fragrance, sister Bao, what is it?

It must be the aromatic pellet

...I took this morning

Does it really smell so good?

Sister Bao, let me try one

Stop messing

How could you take medicine for the fun of it?

Didn't you ask me to play chess with you?

Come, let me take a pupil

You should be my pupil

Look

I picked up two pebbles

There are writings on them

Writings?

What writings?

Lose Not and Forget Not; Live a Long Life

I knew she has nothing good to say

Really? This one has writings too

Leave Not and Abandon Not; Keep a youthful mind

We're really a pair

You...

See if you dare again?

Please...

Smells good

It must be the aromatic pellet

I took this morning

You...

See where you can run?

Master Pao

Old master wants to see you

What?

Old master wants to see you

Proper relations & virtues are one's basic obligations

To be loyal to the emperor

To be filial to your father

That is why loyal servants come from filial families

Bao Yu

Yes

Don't mess around with girls anymore

You have to study hard and...

you'll understand what proper relations & virtues are

Yes

Sister

I am so prone to illness and melancholy

Your beauty is such that kingdoms will fall for it

Nonsense, you tease me

Good sister, don't, stop hitting me

You are full of nonsense

You've written this lustful rhyme

and say such nonsense to mock me

I'll tell uncle and aunty

Good sister

Give me a chance

If I mean to mock you

Let me fall into the river

be eaten by the turtle and

become a bastard

When you become an official's lady one day

and die in old age

Let me carry your tombstone for my whole life

Mr. Zhang has the guts to climb over the wall

...and ask Hong Liang to send her a letter

Miss Cui dares to see him at night

Wai Ming dares to wander around the army camp

I thought you were as bold

but in fact you're only for show

You said it, you said those words

Fine, I'll tell on you

Bao Yu

Get out of my way

Get out of my way. I have to go

Go on...

Sister...

My humble greetings

Good sister, give this to me, okay?

What good is it?

In any event someone's bound to give it to you

Someone's better than me at writing

and has treasures like gold and jade

Look... there you go again

You're are a wise person

you should know the philosophy of

bonding with family first rather than outsiders

Why would I distance you because of her?

Have I told you to alienate her?

What kind of person would I be?

I am only following my heart

So am I

Then you only know your heart

and not mine?

Master Bao

Master Bao

What is it?

Master Fung has brought a box of fans to sell to you

You look familiar

but I have forgotten your name

I am Cheung Yu Han, and I sang at your residence

No wonder

then you should know the famous Chi Guan

That is my pseudonym

What a pleasure!

It's my honour!

I love your "Bai Mei Jiao" most

I must learn it today

Come, over here

I haven't sang that for a long time

I might get out of tune

You're too modest, I long to hear it

Alright then, your wish is my command

You are delightedly a born beauty

like a fairy having come from the blue heavens

At such a tender age

happy couples are timely made

looking at the milky way high up in the sky

listening to drums beating

holding lamps as they draw the curtains stealthily

Excellent

Master Bao is getting out of line

How could he befriend an actor?

So what? Is not an actor a human being?

This is what I carry with me

Please accept it as a token

Are you going just like that?

The prince would not let you go this easily

An actor is basically a lowly person

who laughs on stage and cries in silence

slightly better than a whore and a musician

and even less than a dog

Yu Han

Have a safe trip and take care

I heard your son gave this to Chi Guan

Chi Guan is the actor of our Jung Shuen palace

and best-loved by the prince

He has not returned to palace for days and...

is understood to have been closely related to your son

It's also your son's idea he should leave the palace

Please therefore convey to your son

that Chi Guan should return to us

Firstly the prince will appreciate this, and

secondly, you'll avoid unnecessary troubles

Come, men

Yes

Ask Bao Yu to come here

Yes

Master Bao

Old master is calling you and is very angry

Wicked child

Kneel down

Kneel properly

You beast

Come, tie him up

Yes

You... you fail to glorify your ancestors

and meddle with actors

and have caused a scandal

I'll beat you to death today

so you won't ruin our family

Prepare our family's cardinal punishment

Yes

Really?

Tell Madam quickly

Beat him hard

Yes

Master Bao, yell loudly, quick

Yell, yell out now

Shout louder

Louder still

Heavens, to think our Jia family

with its deep-rooted tradition, eruditeness

reputation and wealth

...has produced such a no-good bastard

Master Bao, Shout louder

Louder still

Get out of my way

Master

Master...

Bao Yu is guilty, yet you should take care as well

If you beat Bao Yu to death that is not as serious as

causing great distress to old madam

Bao Yu

I am not filial to have raised such a kid

I must kill him to prevent further troubles

Master...

Please look upon our marriage

I am advanced in years

and only have this one child

Bao Yu, let us die together

It's all your fault

...to spoil him like this

I must strangle him today

Get me a rope...

Get me a rope

Alright, if you must strangle him

strangle me first

Beat me to death first...

Beat me to death first... then kill him

Bao Yu, quick...

Open it, open it

You treated him like a thief. Bao Yu

Bao Yu...

Master Bao

Bao Yu

Bao Yu...

What does old madam want

Just ask me to go in

Why bother old madam to come herself

So you're talking to me

I have some instructions to give

Unfortunately I have not raised a good child

...in my whole life

Who should I talk to? Who indeed?

Instructions?

To whom do I dare give instructions?

I train him up to glorify our ancestors

Old madam, if you say so...

how can I take it up?

I have only said one sentence

and already you can't take it

How do you think then that Bao Yu

could take the beating from the wooden plank?

Granny

Bao Yu...

You naughty, no-good grand child

Dilute it with wine and dress his wounds

When the bruising disappears he'll be alright

Yes, Miss Bao

Thank you, sister Bao

You have to mend your ways

How can you be-friend an actor?

Miss Bao is right

Bao Yu, rest well

I'm going

Wouldn't you stay for a while?

No, remember the medicine

I know

When did you come?

What's the big deal with this physical pain?

You've suffered much

Even if I die for these people

I am convinced it's worth it

Yin Yang

It's just a casual visit

When master Bao awakes

second madam will come over with old madam

I'm going back

Farewell

Stay longer

I can't let people see my eyes

Ching Man...

Master Bao, can I help you?

Send this to Miss Lin

I...

Go on

Tears weld in my eyes

For whom do they fall

Hair scarf as a gift

Grieve for the loved one

His love is like filigree on a handkerchief

while my heavy heart cries out between each line

If we were not meant for each other

why then do our hearts and souls unite

If we were meant for each other

why then do walls and mountains separate us

I don't care Miss Whoever she is

They come here for no reason whatsoever...

and disturb my sleep at night

Who is it?

It's me

They're all asleep

By master Bao's instructions

No one is allowed to come in

Miss Bao, are you leaving?

Won't you stay a while longer?

Have a safe trip and take care

Go back

Yes

Think

You've been sold as a maid

Who do you think you are? A Miss?

Frankly, in this mansion

if you don't know

...how to play politics

you will be finished

I tell you, sooner or later

you lazy bones will

...be driven out

Ou Shang terrace full of floral extravagance

Laughter and jokes prevail in Da Guan Yuan

Mellifluous words abound in abundance

The flow of sweet wine is endless

But there is someone else here

...suffering in deep melancholy

Flowers fade and fall everywhere

Who will sing their elegy?

Sorrow permeates and lingers

I will hoe the earth for the flowers

Flowers bloom in extravagance but fade in silence

Melancholy weighs down the one burying the flowers

Lonely and in silence she cries

Blood stains in the branches

Follow the flowers to the ends of the heavens

There is no resting place at the end of the heavens

for the beautiful that has died

The earth will cover romance that has gone

People laugh at me burying the flowers

Who will be the one buried years from now?

Time and tide waits for no beauty

Flowers fade and people pass away

Sister Lin...

Please listen to me

I know you're ignoring me

I just want to say one thing

From now on we walk on our own way

Go on, speak

What if I speak more?

It's the past actions which determine our present

So what's the issue with the present and the past?

When you first came to my place

we slept in the same bed

What I told you is truly from my heart

And I let you take my beloved stuff

I feared the maids did not serve you well

and I prepared everything for you

As soon as I see you frown

I cheered you up

You've now out-grown all this

and treat me like an enemy

Beat me and scold me if I'm at fault

but why treat me with such aloofness?

If you are sad, speak out and be done with it

Why suffer in silence?

I really don't understand you

Why? Why do you ignore me?

Why hide from me?

I have to know if it's the last thing I do

What is the reason?

Why? I was just going to ask you

When I came the other day

why didn't you ask the maid to open the door?

What?

What do you mean?

I swear I didn't, if I did let me die right now

I didn't do it, how could I admit it?

One shouldn't swear in the morning

I really didn't see you

Even sister Bao only sat for a while and went away

Maybe the maids were too lazy to move

and said you were asleep

Wait till I find out who they were

and I'll teach them a lesson

They deserve it

To have infuriated me is a small matter

but to have made other Miss mad

then it is a big problem

You... are you infuriating me or cursing me?

Look, is this worth being so angry over?

Sister Lin, don't worry

What's there to worry?

You really don't realise this?

It's because of your worry that you're still sick

If you understood me more

wouldn't you be better?

Sister, let me say one more thing, okay?

What's there to say?

I understand what you have say

Sister

Was sister's cough better last night?

Much better

Amitabha

Master Bao, even you are reciting prayers now?

This is a sign of desperation

Ji Juan, you wear such thin clothes

Be careful you don't catch a cold, sister Lin is sick

and if you're sick, what should we do?

Go, put on more clothing

Master Bao, when you speak

keep your hands to yourself

You're now a grown-up

if people saw it they'll gossip

Miss Lin said the other day

You can't be like a child anymore

You ought to behave properly with the ladies

You must learn to respect propriety

Look

Miss Lin is staying away from you

Ji Juan, Master Bao is sulking outside

Go and see what's wrong

Take it, I'll take a look

Master Bao...

What are you dong here all by yourself?

Grown up

Grown up?

What's the big deal about having grown up?

They get married and leave

They don't bother with me any more

Isn't that so true?

Even Miss Lin is returning to Soo Chow

Nonsense

There's no one in her home now

Why would she want to go back?

Do you think I'm fooling you?

Miss Lin will be going home next year

You are lying

I know

You only have the Xue family in your heart

You forget Lin is also a big family

Miss Lin is not a member of the Jia family

How can Miss Lin be married from the Jia family

A swallow must return to its old nest

Besides, Miss Lin's marriage has been pre-arranged

Miss says

...she is prepared to return what you gave her

and you should return what she gave you

Master Bao...

Master Bao...

Master Bao...

Master Bao, what's wrong with you?

Master Bao...

Bao Yu

Bao Yu...

Bao Yu...

Brother Bao...

Master Bao

Master Bao...

Ji Juan

Ji Juan, you can't leave

If you must, we'll leave together

What's the matter?

Ji Juan

What's going on?

Tell me what's going on

I... I only joked with master Bao

I said...

Miss Lin will be returning to Soo Chow

then he...

So, it's like this

Old madam

Lin said Prince Bei Jing will give master Bao a boat

Ask them to carry it in

Yes

Oh no...

The Lin family has come to pick up Miss Lin

Get them out...

Okay... get them out...

Quick...

Yes

Get them out...

Go on

Bao Yu, now you can relax

Okay, Bao Yu will be fine

From now on except sister Lin

no one is allowed to go by the name of Lin

No one by the name of Lin is allowed in here

and no one can say that name in here

Do you hear?

No one by the name of Lin is allowed in here

and no one can say that name in here

Brother Bao

Oh no, look...

That boat has come to fetch sister Lin, look

The Lin family's boat has come to pick up Miss Lin

Depart

Get the boat out of here quickly

Get the boat out of here quickly

Do it, quick

Depart

Sister Lin will never leave again

Bao Yu has a strange illness

Dai Yu 's condition is not stable either

They were okay when they were together as kids

Now...

Old madam you should let Bao Yu marry

The auspicious event might bring good fortune

Bao Yu and Dai Yu are a good match, but...

Right

But sister Lin is too thin and frail

Unlike Miss Bao who is healthy and proper

Miss Bao is not bad

If Bao Yu marries her

maybe he'll recover and be mature

Old madam you're right

Good

Since you think the Miss Bao is not bad

It's decided then

What, Yin Yang?

Old madam

Go ahead

If Miss Lin know this

she might not be able to take it

Besides master Bao is impotent

When Ji Juan said Miss Lin has to go home

He already became like mad

A family like ours

if people knew

...our children are like that

we'll have no face

Dai Yu is alright, but Bao Yu...

This is a problem

Not really, I have an idea

Go ahead

Leave us, all of you

Yes

Stop

I tell you all

whoever leaks this out

I'll rip out your lips

Yes

Go on, speak

We will use a plan

...to switch the bride

...by covering her face at the wedding

asking Ji Juan to help her at the side

Deceive Bao Yu that the bride is sister Lin

Hiding the truth for the time being

When the situation is irreversible

then nobody can do anything about it

I forgot my handkerchief

I'm going back to get it

What's the matter with you?

Even if I said something wrong

my sister shouldn't have smacked me

What did you say?

They forbade me to tell you but I'm bent on doing so

It's nothing bad, what's to fear?

It's a good match

A good match?

Yes, master Bao is going to marry Miss Bao

What?

Master Bao is going to marry Miss Bao

The news has shocked her so much

that she became weak

All became silent

Miss...

Miss, where are you going?

I... I�m going to ask Bao Yu

Miss

Miss

Miss Lin...

Miss

Miss, please go back to take your medicine

Bao Yu, you're sick

I'm sick

Why are you sick?

I...

I am sick because of Miss Lin

Your heart?

My heart...

my heart is with Miss Lin

Everything is a sham

One dolefully lamenting

The other full of cares

One like the reflection of the moon in the water

The other like a flower's reflection in the mirror

Miss...

How much can you cry?

How can one stop nature take its course?

Are you all clear?

Yes

Remember

Yes

Really? I can marry sister Lin?

Yes, but madam Lien said

if you keep displaying your antics

then you'll not be allowed to do so

Who says I'm sick or mad?

My heart is with sister Lin

Now that I can marry her

my heart is returned and I'm well again

You don't believe it?

Okay, I'll recite the books for you

Proper relations & virtues are one's basic obligations

To be loyal to your emperor

To be filial to your father

Am I recovered?

Am I?

I tell you I'm not sick

My sickness is because of their pressure

I tell you I'm not sick, they caused my sickness

Ji Juan

Master Bao is really going to marry...

Master Bao is really going to marry Miss Bao

It'll take place tonight

The couple's room is separately arranged

Everyone is aware

I only heard of this indirectly

The orders were that we are not supposed to know

These people are so cruel

Bao Yu, I think if she's dead tomorrow

You are shameless to come to see me

Miss Ji Juan

What is it? Madam Chow

How is Miss Lin?

Second madam and old madam discussed this just now

You are needed over there

Sure, no problem

Madam Chow you go first. After Miss Lin was dead

We'll wait on you

It's just that Miss Lin is still alive

Miss

You can say this to me

but how am I going to report this?

Report it as it is

What? There'll be big trouble

What trouble?

Suet Ngan, come with me

No

What, no one will go?

They will not spare us, come

Sister Ji Juan...

I spend nights and days with you

How could I bear seeing you like this

I prepare your medicine, and you reject it

I prepare your food, yet you refuse it

Look at you, you're faded like a flower

Your tears on the pillow are heavy as the Autumn rain

Miss, melancholy has caused your illness

You dote too much

The icy wind chills the leaves

and night embraces the milky way

Cease shedding tears

Keep yourself well

Nurture your frail spirit

Groom your beautiful self

Smooth your frowning brows

Close your book of distress

What's the use of food and medicine?

Even a panacea will not cure me

I was born more evanescent than dew

My frail body is like a candle in the wind

Flowers falling with one sweep of the wind

Beauty and colour are gone with one fell swoop

Sister, do not miss me

We meet and depart like the rising and ebbing tide

Miss, why say such sad things

A good person like you should have a good ending

There must be good medicine for sickness

Besides, the whole family loves you

and great granny loves you like treasure

All sisters treat you as one of their own

Ji Juan, Stop it

Stop talking about this family

they are all insensitive to others' feelings

Congratulations...

Miss

Chafer

Looking back at our old dreams

I regretted to send letter to Bao Yu

We setup the Begonia Club

for us to write poems

Playing games over at Yi Hung Mansion

Scoring old songs at the Shiau Shiang Mansion

Tears persist though love has ended

The silk worm regrets to leave its silk when it died

You can't tell the tear and ink marks on the paper

Who say lovers are more sentimental

Let my heart and blood become ashes

Even the heaven and the mortals unaware of it

Miss

I mourn Spring's farewell and flowers' fading

I mourn the coming of Fall's deluge

two lonely hearts

tears drown the heart of Ji Juan

Great granny, the bride and groom are here

Miss...

Miss...

Sister Lin...

Are you better?

Why are you covered in this?

Why do we use such trite politeness?

Brother Bao

Come here

Aren't you concerned others might laugh at you?

You should know what is propriety

Be gentle

You're not shy but the bride does

Right, Bao Yu

You're a man now

I wish you both long life and happiness

Be gentle

My heart is with her already

Would I not be gentle with her?

Bao Yu, come

You must remember this

It's for your own good

I know

Be careful

My mother died when I was a mere child!

My father was sacrificed in Kwong Lin

I'm seeking shelter at grandmother's home

Someone from a different family is treated differently

Thank you for taking care of me

If it weren't for you

who would keep me company day and night

Doing sewing and embroidery early in the morning

Having a close relation during our childhood

But the west wind brings me to the spirit world

Don't burn for me paper money at the Ghost festival

Neither would I need respects at Ching Ming occasion

Each year this time when it becomes quiet

Call my name a few times at the bamboo forest

Miss

Ji Juan, I have to ask you for a favour

I have no family here

Till now I am honest and chaste

No matter what, you ask them to send me back

I'd rather die in a virtuous place

I don't want to be buried in an immoral surrounding

I don't want to be buried in a dirty place

Bao Yu... you...

Miss...

Miss!

It's difficult to search for a potion for love

The heavens should weep for star-crossed lovers

Dai Yu died at the Shiau Shiang Mansion

Life's grievances are lengthy as the river

Where am I? Where am I?

Am I dreaming?

What are you talking about?

Granny is sitting right here

Old master and guests are in the Rung Shi Hall

What are you doing?

You tell me

Who is that?

Your new bride

I'm confused. Who is my bride?

Miss Bao

Miss Bao

So what about Miss Lin?

Old master arranged your marriage to Miss Bao

Yes...

It had been Miss Bao all along

You're married to Miss Bao

It's Miss Bao

Yes

Miss Bao?

Miss Bao?

Granny, what is going on here?

What is going on here?

Bao Yu, you're married Miss Bao

Why are you mad like this?

It's Miss Bao

I am sure I married sister Lin

Suet Ngan helped her

How could she have become someone else?

Why?

Oh why?

Bao Yu

Great granny

Old madam

Great granny

Old madam...

Never mind

Things will work themselves out

Sister Lin

Bao Yu...

Bao Yu

Brother Bao

I thought this wedding night was auspicious

but it is a tragedy of errors

Who made the swap

Why has the turtledove occupied the magpie's nest

Granny loves me like treasure

why has she deceived me too?

Sister Bao knew I was in love with sister Lin

Why has she forced me into such suffering?

Sister Lin, my love for you hasn't changed

Brother Bao

Master Bao

Bao Yu

Brother Bao

Master Bao

Bao Yu

Born in the same bed and die in the same coffin

Granny, I want to die...

Bao Yu

Granny, there's something I must say

Alright, go on...

Great granny

Sister Lin and I are sick

and for the same reason

One is full of melancholy, the other full of hate

Please put us together in one room

so we could be with each other

and spend our days together

And we want to bury together after we died

Oh, Great granny

There is nothing else I want

Just to live and die with sister Lin

Bao Yu... this is your auspicious day

Yet you're sick like this

I feel such pain for you!

Bao Yu, where are you going?

Miss

Bao Yu

I'm going to find sister Lin

Bao Yu, sister Lin is...

She is already dead

Bao Yu...

- Master Bao... - Bao Yu...

"Spiritual Tablet of Dai Yu"

Who? Who set this cruel trap

...to separate us both

Separating the two of us

Sister Lin

Sister Lin

Until eternity I can call yet there won't be response

I grieve you're asleep alone in death

I regret I could not even say farewell

I feel remorse I could not be your pall bearer

Sister Lin

Our love was like brother and sister

it was sweet and innocent

Bao Yu's love is true and sincere

Sister you were full of woes and yet you kept silent

I pined for our wedding night and...

thought our love would be auspiciously consummated

Little did I expect you would become sister Bao

and Shiau Shiang Mansion has become Heng Wu Yuan

My heart tripped and fell

and realised you were forced to your death

I was deceived by Suet Ngan

who lured me to the nuptial room

The scheme has caused your death

I tear down the curtain fiercely

Your tears are like blood becoming the azalea flower

Shiau Shiang Mansion remains the same

but you the fairy of Shiau Shiang Mansion are gone

Miss was deeply saddened by the poems

What elegant poetry!

It has a lofty character

It's written in blood and tears

Why burn it?

It's saturated with self-pity

Nobody appreciates it, so why keep it?

The jade zither is sister's bosom friend

it can interpret the melancholic rain

and play a tune with the clouds and moon

Now its strings are broken

so is my heart, and I have no more words

There is no audience for my sad song

The broomstick & the hoe are used to bury flowers

Flowers fade and flowers bloom

Sister, you're like a white jade buried in dirt

From now on I can only see the flowers but not you

Master Bao, please go back

Your wife is waiting for you

This is a day for newly weds

Bao Yu... how are you?

Bao Yu...

Bao Yu... how are you?

Even the parrot knows of the love

The people simply cannot be compared

Master Bao, please go back, it's almost dawn

It's almost dawn

It's almost dawn

The royal decree, kneel and receive it

Long live the king

Official Jia has been delinquent in duty

He failed the Emperor's trust & shamed the ancestors

He is now dismissed from his post

The assets of the Jia family

...will now be confiscated by officials

Fate does not govern lovers' destinies

Clearly it's the red chamber dream's mourning & sorrow

All debts are paid

Those who transcend joy and pain take the monastic vow

Those yearning for love lose their lives

Like a forest where the birds are gone

...all that's left is a land forlorn!