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《君子于役 - Jun Zi Yu Yi》

 English translation: James Legge [?]
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1 君子于役:
君子于役、不知其期、曷至哉。
鸡栖于埘、日之夕矣、羊牛下来。
君子于役、如之何勿思。
Jun Zi Yu Yi:
My husband is away on service,
And I know not when he will return.
Where is he now?
The fowls roost in their holes in the walls;
And in the evening of the day,
The goats and cows come down [from the hill];
But my husband is away on service.
How can I but keep thinking of him?

2 君子于役:
君子于役、不日不月、曷其有佸。
鸡栖于桀、日之夕矣、羊牛下括。
君子于役、苟无饥渴。
Jun Zi Yu Yi:
My husband is away on service,
Not for days [merely] or for months.
When will he come back to me?
The fowls roost on their perches;
And in the evening of the day,
The goats and cows come down and home;
But my husband is away on service.
Oh if he be but kept from hunger and thirst!

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