Que Chao
Cai Fan
Cao Chong
Cai Ping
Gan Tang
Xing Lu
Gao Yang
Yin Qi Lei
Speak While There Is Time
Xiao Xing
Jiang You Si
Ye You Si Jun
He Bi Nong Yi
Zou Yu
| Multiple poems at a time |
草虫Cao Chong
草虫
Zhao Na
Yao-yao went the grass-insects,
And the hoppers sprang about.
While I do not see my lord,
My sorrowful heart is agitated.
Let me have seen him,
Let me have met him,
And my heart will then be stilled.
I ascended that hill in the south,
And gathered the turtle-foot ferns.
While I do not see my lord,
My sorrowful heart is very sad.
Let me have seen him,
Let me have met him,
And my heart will then be pleased.
I ascended that hill in the south,
And gathered the thorn-ferns.
While I do not see my lord,
My sorrowful heart is wounded with grief.
Let me have seen him,
Let me have met him,
And my heart will then be at peace.
Translator: James Legge
【Collections】诗经
【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).