Chinese Verse about Mountains and Water I'm translating a collection of Chinese poems, and one of them opens with these three lines:
&quot;山水之间，是说不完的话 / 那山总是高于这山 / 那水又总是低于这水 .&quot;
My current translation goes like this:
&quot;When it comes to landscapes, there’s a lot to talk about / How there's always a bigger mountain / and always a deeper body of water.&quot;
I tried to keep this translation from being too literal, but have I taken too many liberties?
Mountains and Waters, as between them,
And speaking of which, there is no end;
High is a mountain, another one higher, always,
Deep waters there is, one deeper still, always.
Something like:-
天外有天，一山还比一山高