秦代 都人士之什 Dou Renshizhishen  秦代  
DU REN SHI
CAI LU
SHU MIAO
XI SANG
BAI HUA
MIAN MAN
HU YE
JIAN JIAN ZHI SHI
TIAO ZHI HUA
HE CAO BU HUANG
Multiple poems at a time
the poem each line of which consists of four words

MIAN MAN
绵蛮

   Dou Renshizhishen

There is that little oriole,
Resting on a bend of the mound.
The way is distant,
And I am very much wearied.
Give me drink, give me food;
Inform me, teach me;
Order one of the attending carriages,
And tell them to carry me.


There is that little oriole,
Resting on a corner of the mound.
It is not that I dare to shrink from the journey,
But I am afraid of not being able to go on.
Give me drink, give me food;
Inform me, teach me;
Order one of the attending carriages,
And tell them to carry me.


There is that little oriole,
Resting on the side of the mound.
It is not that I dare to shrink from the journey,
But I am afraid of not getting to the end of it.
Give me drink, give me food;
Inform me, teach me;
Order one of the attending carriages,
And tell them to carry me.

    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).


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