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《鴟鴞 - Chi Xiao》 | English translation: James Legge [?] | Books referencing 《鴟鴞》 Library Resources |
| 1 | 鴟鴞: |
鴟鴞鴟鴞、既取我子、無毀我室。 恩斯勤斯、鬻子之閔斯。 |
| Chi Xiao: |
O owl, O owl, You have taken my young ones; - Do not [also] destroy my nest. With love and with toil, I nourished them. - I am to be pitied. | |
| 2 | 鴟鴞: |
迨天之未陰雨、徹彼桑土、綢繆牖戶。 今女下民、或敢侮予。 |
| Chi Xiao: |
Before the sky was dark with rain, I gathered the roots of the mulberry tree, And bound round and round my window and door. Now ye people below, Dare any of you despise my house? | |
| 3 | 鴟鴞: | 予手拮据、予所捋荼、予所蓄租、予口卒瘏、曰予未有室家。 |
| Chi Xiao: |
With my claws I tore and held. Through the rushes which I gathered, And all the materials I collected, My mouth was all sore; - I said to myself, ' I have not yet got my house complete. ' | |
| 4 | 鴟鴞: | 予羽譙譙、予尾翛翛、予室翹翹、風雨所漂搖、予維音嘵嘵。 |
| Chi Xiao: |
My wings are all-injured; My tail is all-broken; My house is in a perilous condition; It is tossed about in the wind and rain: I can but cry out with this note of alarm. |
URN: ctp:book-of-poetry/chi-xiao