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. 2. (23)
In the wild there is a dead antelope,
And it is wrapped up with the white grass.
There is a young lady with thoughts natural to the spring,
And a fine gentleman would lead her astray.
In the forest there are the scrubby oaks ;
In the wild there is a dead deer,
And it is bound round with the white grass.
There is a young lady like a gem.
[She says], Slowly ; gently, gently ;
Do not move my handkerchief ;
Do not make my dog bark.
Legge 23
Dans la plaine est la biche morte ;
d'herbe blanche enveloppez-la !
Elle rêve au printemps, la fille ;
bon jeune homme, demandez-la !
Dans la forêt sont les arbustes !
et dans la plaine est le faon mort !
Enveloppez-le d'herbe blanche !
la fille est telle un diamant !
Tout doux, tout doux, point ne me presse !
Ma ceinture, n'y touche pas !
Ne t'en va pas faire de sorte,
Surtout, que mon lévrier aboie !
Granet LXIV.
The Book of Odes – Shi Jing I. 2. (23) – Chinese off/on – Français/English
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