Love
The Yay Yéw Man Ts‘aou
Translated by James Legge (1876) · From The She King (1876), Part I, Book VII
On the moor, where thickly grew
Creeping grass, bent down with dew,
There a handsome man drew nigh,
’Neath whose forehead, broad and high,
Gleamed his clear and piercing eye.
’Twas by accident we met ;
Glad was I my wish to get.
Where the grass creeps o’er the moor,
‘With the dew all covered o’er,
There the finest man found I,
’Bove whose clear and piercing eye,
Rose his forehead, broad and high.
Chance gave us a meeting rare,
And we both were happy there.
Codex Note
A lady rejoices in an unlawful connexion which she had formed.
Cite this poem
MLA
Shi Jing (The Book of Songs). “The Yay Yéw Man Ts‘aou.” Translated by James Legge. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/shi-jing/90/.
Chicago
Shi Jing (The Book of Songs). “The Yay Yéw Man Ts‘aou.” Translated by James Legge. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/shi-jing/90/.
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