Love
The Fung Yu
Translated by James Legge (1876) · From The She King (1876), Part I, Book VII
Cold is the wind, fast falls the rain,
The cock aye shrilly crows.
But I have seen my lord again ;—
Now must my heart repose.
Whistles the wind, patters the rain,
The cock’s crow far resounds.
But I have seen my lord again,
And healed are my heart’s wounds.
All’s dark amid the wind and rain,
Ceaseless the cock’s clear voice !
But I have seen my lord again ;—
Should not mv heart rejoice ?
Codex Note
A wife is consoled, in circumstances of gloom, by the arrival of her husband.
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Shi Jing (The Book of Songs). “The Fung Yu.” Translated by James Legge. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/shi-jing/86/.
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Shi Jing (The Book of Songs). “The Fung Yu.” Translated by James Legge. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/shi-jing/86/.
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