Book V. The Odes Of Wei. V. Chu Kan
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"The Book of Poetry", tr. by James Legge, [1876],
p. 69
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The "Chu Kan;" narrative. A daughter of the house of Wei, married in another state, expresses her longing to revisit Wei.
1With long and tapering rods,
You angle in the Ch'i.
I think of you, dear friends,
Here far removed from Wei.
2Ch'an-yan upon the left,
Ch'i on the right I view.
But married far away,
To home I bade adieu.
3Those streams, this on the right,
That on the left, appear.
The laugh that shows your teeth,
Your tinkling gems, I hear.
4i watch the cedar oars
On Ch'i, and boats of pine.
O might I travel there,
And soothe this heart of mine!
oma veda| rig veda soma