The oldest collection of Chinese poetry, more than three hundred songs, odes and hymns. Tr. Legge (en) and Granet (fr, incomplete).
The dolichos on that high and sloping mound ; –
How wide apart are [now] its joints !
O ye uncles,
Why have ye delayed these many days ?
Why do they rest without stirring ?
It must be they expect allies.
Why do they prolong the time ?
There must be a reason for their conduct.
Our fox-furs are frayed and worn.
Came our carriages not eastwards ?
O ye uncles,
You do not sympathize with us.
Fragments, and a remnant,
Children of dispersion [are we] !
O ye uncles,
Notwithstanding your full robes, your ears are stopped.
Legge 37
The Book of Odes – Shi Jing I. 3. (37) – Chinese on/off – Français/English
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