The oldest collection of Chinese poetry, more than three hundred songs, odes and hymns. Tr. Legge (en) and Granet (fr, incomplete).
The two youths got into their boats,
Whose shadows floated about [on the water].
I think longingly of them,
And my heart is tossed about in uncertainty.
The two youths got into their boats,
Which floated away [on the stream].
I think longingly of them,
Did they not come to harm ?
Legge 44
The Book of Odes – Shi Jing I. 3. (44) – Chinese off/on – Français/English
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