死生契阔
Live and die together
与子成说
stay together forever
执子之手
hold your hands,
与子偕老
grow old together
理雅各James Legge的经典翻译：
For life or for death, however separated,
To our wives we pleadged our word.
We held their hands;---
We are to grow old together with them.
Bernhard Karlgren的翻译：
In death or life (we are) separated and far apart;
With you I made an agreement:
I grasped your hand,
Together with you I was to grow old.
大诗人庞德Ezra Pound的翻译：
To stay together till death and end
for far, for near, hand, oath, accord:
Never alive
will we keep that word.
简明版翻译：
I want to hold your hand
and with you I will grow old.
