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Ancient Classics -> Book of Poetry -> Lessons from the states -> Odes Of Wei -> Mang -> 1.1

A simple-looking lad you were,
貿Carrying cloth to exchange it for silk.
貿[But] you came not so to purchase silk; -
You came to make proposals to me.
I convoyed you through the Qi,
As far as Dunqiu.
' It is not I, ' [I said], ' who would protract the time;
But you have had no good go-between.
I pray you be not angry,
And let autumn be the time. '


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