Shi Jing 
– The Book of Odes
The oldest collection of Chinese poetry, more than three hundred songs, odes and hymns. Tr. Legge (en) and Granet (fr, incomplete).
Shijing I. 4. (51)
There is a rainbow in the east,
And no one dares to point to it.
When a girl goes away [from her home],
She separates from her parents and brothers.
In the morning [a rainbow] rises in the west,
And [only] during the morning is there rain.
When a girl goes away [from her home],
She separates from her brothers and parents.
This person
Has her heart only on being married.
Greatly is she untrue to herself,
And does not recognize [the law of] her lot.
Legge 51
L'arc-en-ciel est à l'orient !
personne ne l'ose montrer !
La fille pour se marier,
laisse au loin frères et parents !
Vapeur matinale au couchant !
c'est la pluie pour la matinée !
La fille pour se marier,
laisse au loin frères et parents !
Or la fille que vous voyez
rêve d'aller se marier
Sans plus garder la chasteté
et avant qu'on l'ait ordonné !
Granet XVI.
The Book of Odes – Shi Jing I. 4. (51) – Chinese off/on – Français/English
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