The River-Merchants Wife Vs I miss You by Aaliyah

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wgrqam-_0vg

The song I miss you by Aaliyah is about a relationship that has been apart for too long. Aaliyah sings  it has been too long since she had seen one that she loves. Then she goes on singing how one has left her from high school and college and recalls their moment together. Then the song goes on how it has been too long and she misses him repeatedly and with hope she will see him again.

Some of the lines that are related to me from the song I Miss You and The River merchants wife are.

Off to college yes, you went away straight from high school you up and left me

(I miss you)

Vs.

At sixteen you departed. You went into far Ku-to-e, by the river of swirling eddies, and you have been gone five month.

(The river merchant’s wife)

Both of this line shows how their love ones left them behind for a long time. The two statement shows that they’re sad because they’re left behind. Also what’s interesting about this lines is that both the wife and Aaliyah in the song were young when the husband left them.

We were close friends Also lovers did everything For one another (I miss You)

VS

You came by bamboo stilts, playing horse, you walked about my seat, playing with blue plums. (The river merchant’s wife)

Both of the statements show how at young age the couples did everything together. They are couples and friends at the same time. It also show how much both women cannot let go of their past with the memories they had with their loved ones as children.

Now I’m sittin’ here Thinkin’ ’bout you And the days we used to share It’s drivin’ me crazy (I miss You)

VS

The leaves fall early this autumn, in wind. The paired butterflies are already yellow with Augusts over the grass in west garden, they hurt me I grow older.(The river merchant’s wife)

Both of the statements show how both women are sitting and waiting for their loved ones for a long time and that time is passing as they wait. In I miss you lyric Aaliyah is fantasizing the days she used to share with her loved one which she holds still and thinking about her lost one all the time. The wife in the river merchants shows how time is passing by that the seasons are changing. She is also always thinking of her husband and fantasizing and going crazy to the point that she is jealous of the paired butterflies.