(Lotus Lantern + Life) The Wager

I love you, without expecting you to know,

without expecting you to return my feelings.

As long as... I can shield you from the worst danger just once, that will be enough.

The longing, ruffled by the wind, stings with memories of the past.

A dream that feels like a lifetime ago.

I look back, and you're already a light-year away.

How long must I wait? How long must I dream?

A hundred years, a thousand years.

Even if night and day are lost to me,

even if a lifetime of waiting is carved into my heart,

will it all come to nothing?

Three lives, three lifetimes, and now I let you go...

I lie laughing among peach blossoms. The river's spring current runs aground for you alone. I raise my wine and sing of parting, leaning wearily against the strings of a mandarin-duck zither, trading my life for the chance to live forever in your heart.

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