海上月是天上月眼前人是心上人
[hăi shàng yuè shì tiān shàng yuè yăn qián rén shì xīn shàng rén]
'The moon on the sea is the moon in the sky, the person before me is the one in my heart.' This expresses profound poetic feelings regarding the permanence and timelessness of love, with both literal scenery (the moon) and figurative (true feelings).