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 II. 3. (182)
How goes the night ?
It is not yet midnight.
The torch is blazing in the court-yard.
My princely men are arriving ; –
There is the tinkling of their bells.
How goes the night ?
The night is not yet through.
The torch is growing pale in the court-yard.
My princely men are arriving ; –
There is the sound of their bells, regular and near.
How goes the night ?
It is getting towards morning.
The torch is smoking in the court-yard.
My princely men are arriving ; –
I see their banners.
Legge 182
The Book of Odes – Shi Jing II. 3. (182) – Chinese off/on – Français/English
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