The oldest collection of Chinese poetry, more than three hundred songs, odes and hymns. Tr. Legge (en) and Granet (fr, incomplete).
Round and round the firewood is bound ;
And the Three Stars appear in the sky.
This evening is what evening,
That I see this good man ?
O me ! O me !
That I should get a good man like this !
Round and round the grass is bound ;
And the Three Stars are seen from the corner.
This evening is what evening,
That we have this unexpected meeting ?
Happy pair ! Happy pair !
That we should have this unexpected meeting !
Round and round the thorns are bound ;
And the Three Stars are seen from the door.
This evening is what evening,
That I see this beauty ?
O me ! O me !
That I should see a beauty like this !
Legge 118
En fagots j'ai lié les branches !
les trois étoiles sont au ciel :
Ah ! quelle soirée que ce soir
où voilà que je vois ma femme !
Hélas de toi ! Hélas de toi !
avec ma femme, comment faire !
Granet LXI.
The Book of Odes – Shi Jing I. 10. (118) – Chinese off/on – Français/English
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