1874

Firstly check out this song by Hong Kong pop singer Eason Chan titled "1874"


Here's a brief translation of the lyrics:
Still have not met that lover that perfectly compliments me,
You have never appeared or have you already passed away?
Suspect in some country in some year, the day I have not been brought into this world,
There was someone waiting for my love, losing sleep over me every night.
Never have met and then disappeared, this person was really like a fictional character,
Maybe they supposed to accompany me into this life, but went to the incorrect era?
If lover was born into 1874 alone, just 100 years, 1 century too early,
Will they persistently wait for their entire life, rain season will arrive over the dry land
Why wasn't I timely born into 1874, meeting you, look after you, until we die
Even if we cannot meet in peace, we will still have a good time in war fields,
Why wasn't I timely born into 1874, holding your hands and fleeing by night,
With the sky lit by beacons, separated from each other in the same era, yet still we can live and die together.

I've just translated the lyrics in a simple way, translated the original lyrics based on characters into complete sentences. (if anyone feels like to correct any part, you are very welcome to do so)

This particularly interesting concept has appeared in my mind before, MAYBE there is one for everyone, but the problem is they might be in a completely different continent or even a different page in history. Everyone is then given the goal to try to find that someone, some people succeed, some people fail; in this game of pursuing each other, everyone is searching amongst unlimited possibilities but given limited time.

Although nowadays finding "the one" is not really on my priority list (or so called relationship for that matter), I kinda think that maybe someone's searching for me, in the mean time, I will just wait for that to happen lol.