Living
A Happy Meeting
Translated by William Jennings (1891) · From The Shi King (Jennings, 1891), Part II, Book viii
Fine are the marshland mulberry-trees, —
With foliage full and fair. —
Now that I see my noble lord,
My pleasure how compare?
Fine are the marshland mulberry-trees, —
With glossy foliage bright. —
Now that I see my noble lord,
How fail to feel delight?
Fine are the marshland mulberry-trees,-
Their leaves dark shadows cast. —
My lord I see, whose virtuous fame
Cleaves to him firm and fast.
My heart, what love thou hast for him!
Why leave the tale untold?
Yea, deeply there thou treasur'st it,
Nor e'er wilt quit thy hold.
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Shi Jing (The Book of Songs). “A Happy Meeting.” Translated by William Jennings. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/shi-jing/426/.
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Shi Jing (The Book of Songs). “A Happy Meeting.” Translated by William Jennings. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/shi-jing/426/.
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