The Reeds is about a poet searching long and hard along the water for the one he loves.
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The poem in 《诗经·秦风》 opens 蒹葭苍苍，白露为霜 ("the reeds are deep green, the white dew turns to frost"). Its lines about the loved one "on the far side of the water" became the song 《在水一方》, made famous by 邓丽君 (Teresa Teng).
