The oldest collection of Chinese poetry, more than three hundred songs, odes and hymns. Tr. Legge (en) and Granet (fr, incomplete).
All the morning I gather the king-grass,
And do not collect enough to fill my hands.
My hair is in a wisp ; –
I will go home and wash it.
All the morning I gather the indigo plant,
And do not collect enough to fill my apron.
Five days was the time agreed on ; –
It is the sixth, and I do not see him.
When he went a hunting,
I put the bow in its case for him.
When he went to fish,
I arranged his line for him.
What did he take in angling ?
Bream and tench ; –
Bream and tench,
While people [looked on] to see.
Legge 226
Je cueille les roseaux tout le matin
sans emplir le creux de mes mains !
Voilà, mes cheveux tout défaits !
allons ! retournons les laver !
Je cueille l'indigo tout le matin
sans emplir le creux de mes jupes !
Le cinquième jour était le terme :
au sixième, il ne parait pas !
Lorsque tu iras à la chasse,
je mettrai ton arc dans l'étui !
Lorsque tu iras à la pêche,
je ferai la corde de ta ligne !
Qu'est-ce que tu as pris à la pêche ?
ce sont des brèmes et des perches !
Ce sont des brèmes et des perches !
allons ! allons ! qu'il y en a !
Granet XX.
The Book of Odes – Shi Jing II. 8. (226) – Chinese on/off – Français/English
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