Wang Fei has a song called《彼岸花》. In fact, it’s not about a particular flower—it’s pointing to an ancient Greek myth.
This story is called：赫洛与勒安得耳
赫洛与勒安得耳 is a Greek myth. On the Asian shore of the Hellespont—the strait separating Europe and Asia—there is a city called 阿卑多斯. Inside the city, a handsome young man lives named Leandros (in Greek：Λέανδρος, also: 利安德). Across the strait, in 塞斯托斯, there is a young woman named Hero (in Greek：Ἡρώ, also: 希罗), who serves as a priestess of 阿芙洛狄忒.
Hero and Leandros fall in love. Every night, Leandros swims across the water to meet Hero, and Hero always lights a torch to guide his direction. Later, on a stormy night, the torch is blown out, and Leandros drowns. The next morning, when Hero sees Leandros’s body on the shore, she jumps into the water and dies by suicide.1
彼岸花 - 王菲 词：林夕 曲：王菲 看见的 熄灭了 消失的 记住了 我站在 海角天涯 听见 土壤萌芽 等待 昙花再开 把芬芳 留給年华 彼岸 没有灯塔 我依然 张望着 天黑 刷白了头发 紧握着 我火把 他来 我对自己说 我不害怕 我很爱他
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维基百科－赫洛与勒安得耳：https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/赫洛与勒安得耳↩