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The Book of Songs 詩經

國風‧王‧兔爰 Lessons from the states - Odes of Wang - Tu Yuan

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毛詩:「《》,桓王失信諸侯背叛君子不樂。」



爰爰尚無之後

The hare is slow and cautious;
The pheasant plumps into the net.
In the early part of my life,
Time still passed without commotion.
In the subsequent part of it,
We are meeting with all these evils.
I wish I might sleep and never wake more.

爰爰尚無之後

The hare is slow and cautious;
The pheasant plumps into the snare.
In the early part of my life,
Time still passed without anything stirring.
In the subsequent part of it,
We are meeting with all these sorrows.
I wish I might sleep and never move more.

爰爰罿尚無之後

The hare is slow and cautious;
The pheasant plumps into the trap.
In the early part of my life,
Time still passed without any call for our services.
In the subsequent part of it,
We are meeting with all these miseries.
I would that I might sleep, and hear of nothing more.


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作品全世界属于公有领域因为作者逝世已经超过100并且192311之前出版
English translation: James Legge

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