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《简兮 - Jian Xi》

 English translation: James Legge [?]
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1 简兮:
简兮简兮、方将万舞。
日之方中、在前上处。
Jian Xi:
Easy and indifferent! easy and indifferent!
I am ready to perform in all dances,
Then when the sun is in the meridian,
There in that conspicious place.

2 简兮:
硕人俣俣、公庭万舞。
有力如虎、执辔如组。
Jian Xi:
With my large figure,
I dance in the ducal courtyard.
I am strong [also] as a tiger;
The reins are in my grasp like ribbons.

3 简兮:
左手执龠、右手秉翟。
赫如渥赭、公言锡爵。
Jian Xi:
In my left hand I grasp a flute;
In my right I hold a pheasant's feather.
I am red as if I were rouged;
The duke gives me a cup [of spirits].

4 简兮:
山有榛、隰有苓。
云谁之思、西方美人。
彼美人兮、西方之人兮。
Jian Xi:
The hazel grows on the hills,
And the liquorice in the marshes.
Of whom are my thoughts?
Of the fine men of the west.
O those fine men!
Those men of the west!

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