秦代 王风 Wang Feng  秦代  
Shu Li
Jun Zi Yu Yi
JUN ZI YANG YANG
YANG ZHI SHUI
ZHONG GU
TU YUAN
GE LEI
CAI GE
DA CHE
QIU ZHONG YOU MA
Multiple poems at a time
ancient style poetry

ZHONG GU
中谷有蓷

   Wang Feng

In the valleys grows the mother-wort,
But scorched is it in the drier places.
There is a woman forced to leave her husband;
Sadly she sighs!
Sadly she sighs!
She suffers from his hard lot.


In the valleys grows the mother-wort,
But scorched is it where it had become long.
There is a woman forced to leave her husband;
Long-drawn are her groanings!
Long-drawn are her groanings!
She suffers from his misfortune.


In the valleys grows the mother-wort,
But scorched is it even in the moist places.
There is a woman forced to leave her husband;
Ever flow her tears!
Ever flow her tears!
But of what avail is her lament?

    Translator: James Legge
  

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【Source】 The English translation text was taken from The Chinese Classics, vol. 4 by James Legge (1898) and checked against a reprinted edition by Wen Zhi Zhe chu pan she (Taiwan, 1971). Transliteration of Chinese names in the English translation were converted to


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