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Shi Jing Introduction Table of content – 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).

Section I — Lessons from the states
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
12 13 14 15
Chapter 7 — The odes of Zheng

75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95

Shijing I. 7. (76)

I pray you, Mr. Zhong,
Do not come leaping into my hamlet ;
Do not break my willow trees.
Do I care for them ?
But I fear my parents.
You, O Zhong, are to be loved,
But the words of my parents,
Are also to be feared.

I pray you, Mr. Zhong,
Do not come leaping over my wall ;
Do not break my mulberry trees.
Do I care for them ?
But I fear the words of my brothers.
You, O Zhong, are to be loved,
But the words of my brothers,
Are also to be feared.

I pray you, Mr. Zhong,
Do not come leaping into my garden ;
Do not break my sandal trees.
Do I care for them ?
But I dread the talk of people.
You, O Zhong, are to be loved,
But the talk of people,
Is also to be feared.

Legge 76

Je t'en supplie, ô seigneur Tchong,
ne saute pas dans mon village,
Ne casse pas mes plants de saule !...
comment oserais-je t'aimer ?..
J'ai la crainte de mes parents !...
Ô Tchong, il faut t'aimer, vraiment,
Mais ce que disent mes parents
il faut le craindre aussi, vraiment !

Je t'en supplie, ô seigneur Tchong,
ne saute pas sur ma muraille,
Ne casse pas mes plants de mûriers !...
comment oserais-je t'aimer ?..
j'ai la crainte de mes cousins !...
O Tchong, il faut t'aimer, vraiment,
Mais ce que disent mes cousins
il faut le craindre aussi, vraiment !

Je t'en supplie, ô seigneur Tchong,
ne saute pas dans mon verger,
Ne casse pas mes plants de t'an !...
Comment oserais-je t'aimer ?...
J'ai la crainte de ces cancans
O Tchong, il faut t'aimer, vraiment,
Mais les cancans que font les gens
il faut les craindre aussi, vraiment !

Granet XL.

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