小戎俴收,五楘梁辀。游环胁驱,阴靷鋈续。文茵畅毂,驾我骐馵。
言念君子,温其如玉。在其板屋,乱我心曲。
四牡孔阜,六辔在手。骐骝是中,騧骊是骖。龙盾之合,鋈以觼軜。
言念君子,温其在邑。方何为期?胡然我念之!
俴驷孔群,厹矛鋈錞。蒙伐有苑,虎韔镂膺。交韔二弓,竹闭绲縢。
言念君子,载寝载兴。厌厌良人,秩秩德音。
[There is] his short war carriage; --
With the ridge-like end of its pole, elegantly bound in five places;
With its slip rings and side straps,
And the traces attached by gilt rings to the masked transverse;
With its beautiful mat of tiger's skin, and its long naves;
With its piebalds, and horses with white left feet.
When I think of my husband [thus],
Looking bland and soft as a piece of jade;
Living there in his blank house;
It sends confusion into all the corners of my heart.
His four horses are in very fine condition,
And the six reins are in the hand [of the charioteer].
Piebald, and bay with black mane, are the insides;
Yellow with black mouth, and black, are the outsides;
Side by side are placed the dragon-figured shields;
Gilt are the buckles for the inner reins.
I think of my husband [thus],
Looking so mild in the cities there.
What time can be fixed for his return?
Oh! how I think of him!
His mail-covered team moves in great harmony;
There are the trident spears with their gilt ends;
And the beautiful feather-figured shield;
With the tiger-skin bow-case, and the carved metal ornaments on its front.
The two bows are placed in the case,
Bound with string to their bamboo frames.
I think of my husband,
When I lie down and rise up.
Tranquil and serene is the good man,
With his virtuous fame spread far and near.