The oldest collection of Chinese poetry, more than three hundred songs, odes and hymns. Tr. Legge (en) and Granet (fr, incomplete).
The crane cries in the ninth pool of the marsh,
And her voice is heard in the [distant] wilds.
The fish lies in the deep,
And now is by the islet.
Pleasant is that garden,
In which are the sandal trees ;
But beneath them are only withered leaves.
The stones of those hills,
May be made into grind-stones.
The crane cries in the ninth pool of the marsh,
And her voice is heard in the sky.
The fish is by the islet,
And now it lies hid in the deep.
Pleasant is that garden,
In which are the sandal trees ;
But beneath them is the paper-mulberry tree,
The stones of those hills,
May be used to polish gems.
Legge 184
The Book of Odes – Shi Jing II. 3. (184) – Chinese on/off – Français/English
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