Love

The Good Wife early wakes her Lord

by Shi Jing (The Book of Songs) poems c. 1000–600 BC; compilation traditionally ascribed to Confucius

Translated by William Jennings (1891) · From The Shi King (Jennings, 1891), Part I, Book viii

Love

"The cock lias already crowed!
And crowds in thy Court are found."
— " Nay, that was no Crowing of cocks;
'Twas the blue flies humming round."

"The daylight is in the East!
All gay is thy Court, so soon."
— " Nay, that is no daylight there;
'Tis the light of the rising moon."

"Ah, with murmur of insects around,
'Twere sweet to lie dreaming here with thee;
But the folks there gathered may go;
And let none think scorn of thee and me."

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Shi Jing (The Book of Songs). “The Good Wife early wakes her Lord.” Translated by William Jennings. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/shi-jing/364/.

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Shi Jing (The Book of Songs). “The Good Wife early wakes her Lord.” Translated by William Jennings. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/shi-jing/364/.

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