逢うは別れの始め

Meaning

1. exp
   we meet only to part; meeting is the first step to parting

Example sentences

• 二人とも今は舞い上がっているけど、会うは別れの始め、ってこと知っているのかね。

  Those two are blindly enraptured with each other right now but they say first meeting someone is the first step toward goodbye. I wonder if they're aware of that.

• 会うは別れの始め。

  We never meet without parting.

• 逢うは別れの始め。

  We never meet without a parting.