Becoming Butterflies
Level 5 · Folktales · 民间故事 · 51 vocabulary words
Source: 民间传说 · Folk tradition
祝英台出嫁那天,花轿要路过梁山伯的坟。
On Yingtai's wedding day the bridal sedan passed Shanbo's grave.
英台哭着下轿拜坟,忽然天昏地暗,坟裂开了。
Weeping she stepped down to bow — sky went dark, the grave split open.
英台跳进坟里,坟合上了。天晴了,坟里飞出两只蝴蝶。
She leapt in; the grave closed; the sky cleared; two butterflies rose out.
两只蝴蝶绕着坟飞了三圈,飞走了。生不能在一起,死了化成蝴蝶也不分开。
They circled the tomb three times and flew off — divided in life, joined in death as butterflies.