A Hundred Laments of Heartbreak

The regrets of this world can, for the most part, be traced to their roots.

A hundred sad ballads, a hundred regrets, a hundred things beyond our reach.

All the heart-wrenching affairs of the mortal world are committed to paper.

Loving the wrong person, taking the wrong path, speaking too soon, falling in love too late, failing to turn back when we should, and failing to let go when we should.

I gathered the regrets hidden among ordinary people and wrote them into a hundred stories.

Each ballad breaks a heart; each word leaves a lingering sorrow.

Thus came A Hundred Heartbreaking Ballads.