History & Politics
A Prince and his Officers in Trouble
Translated by William Jennings (1891) · From The Shi King (Jennings, 1891), Part I, Book iii
History & Politics
Fallen so low, so low!
Wherefore not homeward go?
And we, — how could we for our chief refuse
Exposure to the nightly dews?
Fallen so low, so low!
Wherefore not homeward go?
And did we not our chief himself require,
How lived we here in mud and mire?
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Shi Jing (The Book of Songs). “A Prince and his Officers in Trouble.” Translated by William Jennings. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/shi-jing/326/.
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Shi Jing (The Book of Songs). “A Prince and his Officers in Trouble.” Translated by William Jennings. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/shi-jing/326/.
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