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.