Looking for the english text of a chinese love poem.  It starts "You
and I love each other so, As from the same lump of clay is moulded an
image...".  It may have been published in a Helen Exley giftbook.

The title of the poem is ?Married Love.?  It was written by Kuan
Tao-Sheng in the 13th century.

Here is the translation. 

Married Love
By Kuan Tao-Sheng (13th century)


?You and I
Have so much love,
That it
Burns like fire,
In which we bake a lump of clay
Molded into a figure of you 
And a figure of me.
Then we take both of them,
And break them into pieces,
And mix the pieces with water,
And mold again a figure of you,
And a figure of me.
I am in your clay.
You are in my clay.
In life we share a single quilt,
In death we will share one coffin.? 

Source: Eharlequin
http://www.eharlequin.com/cms/onlinereads/readsArticle.jhtml;jsessionid=XIMO3TAWFHM5ZLAUEAKSAOQ?pageID=021101rp08001


"Married Love" by Kuan Tao-sheng (1263-1319)

Here another translation.

?You and I have so much love 
That it burns like a fire, 
In which we bake a lump of clay 
Molded into a figure of you 
And a figure of me. 
The we take both of them, 
And break them into pieces, 
And mix the pieces with water, 
And mold again a figure of you, 
And a figure of me. 
I am in your clay. 
You are in my clay. 
In life we share a single quilt, 
In death we will share one bed.? 

And yet another translation:

?Take a lump of clay, wet it, pat it, 
And make an image of me, and an image of you. 
Then smash them, crash them, and add a little water. 
Break them and remake them into an image of you 
And an image of me. 
Then in my clay, there's a little of you. 
And in your clay, there's a little of me. 
And nothing ever shall us sever; 
Living, we'll sleep in the same quilt, 
And dead, we'll be buried together.? 


Source: Weddings Galore
http://www.weddingsgalore.com/poetry.html



This poem can be also found in the book ?The 100 Best Love Poems of
All Time? by Leslie Pockell (Author) on page 85.
I used the ?Search inside this book? feature at Amazon on order to locate the poem.
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0446690228/ref=sib_rdr_dp/103-8906751-9013402?%5Fencoding=UTF8&no=283155&me=ATVPDKIKX0DER&st=books



Search criteria:
?Lump of clay? love at Amazon.com
?Married Love? ?Tao-Sheng?


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Best regards,
Bobbie7

Excellent answer and first rate response time.  Many thanks.