Classic of Poetry 2.5

小旻

旻天疾威，敷于下土，謀猶回遹，何日斯沮？ 謀臧不從，不臧覆用。我視謀猶，亦孔之卭。 潝潝訿訿，亦孔之哀。謀之其臧，則具是違。 謀之不臧，則具是依。我視謀猶，伊于胡厎？ 我龜既厭，不我告猶。謀夫孔多，是用不集。 發言盈庭，誰敢執其咎？如匪行邁謀，是用不得于道。 哀哉為猶！匪先民是程，匪大猶是經。 維邇言是聽，維邇言是爭。如彼築室于道謀，是用不潰于成。 國雖靡止，或聖或否。民雖靡膴，或哲或謀，或肅或艾。 如彼泉流，無淪胥以敗。 不敢暴虎，不敢馮河。人知其一，莫知其他。 戰戰兢兢，如臨深淵，如履薄冰。

The Fifth Decade, or that of Hsiâo Min. Ode 1, Stanzas 1, 2, and 3. The Hsiâo Min.

The angry terrors of compassionate Heaven Extend through this lower world. (The king's) counsels and plans are crooked and bad; When will he stop (in his course)? Counsels that are good he will not follow, And those that are not good he employs. When I look at his counsels and plans, I am greatly pained. Now they agree, and now they defame one another;—The case is greatly to be deplored. If a counsel be good, They are all found opposing it. If a counsel be bad, They are all found according with it. When I look at such counsels and plans, What will they come to? Our tortoise-shells are wearied out, And will not tell us anything about the plans. The counsellors are very many, But on that account nothing is accomplished. The speakers fill the court, But who dares to take any responsibility on himself? We are as if we consulted (about a journey) without taking a step in advance, And therefore did not get on on the road.

小宛

宛彼鳴鳩，翰飛戾天。我心憂傷，念昔先人。明發不寐，有懷二人。 人之齊聖，飲酒溫克。彼昏不知，壹醉日富。各敬爾儀，天命不又。 中原有菽，庶民采之。螟蛉有子，蜾蠃負之。教誨爾子，式穀似之。 題彼脊令，載飛載鳴。我日斯邁，而月斯征。夙興夜寐，毋忝爾所生。 交交桑扈，率場啄粟。哀我填寡，宜岸宜獄。握粟出卜，自何能穀？ 溫溫恭人，如集于木。惴惴小心，如臨于谷。戰戰兢兢，如履薄冰。

Ode 2, Stanzas 1, 2, and 5. The Hsiâo Yüan.

Small is the cooing dove, But it flies aloft to heaven. My heart is wounded with sorrow, And I think of our forefathers. When the dawn is breaking, and I cannot sleep, The thoughts in my breast are of our parents. Men who are grave and wise, Though they drink, are mild and masters of themselves; But those who are benighted and ignorant Become devoted to drink, and more so daily. Be careful, each of you, of your deportment; What Heaven confers, (when once lost), is not regained. The greenbeaks come and go, Picking up grain about the stackyard. Alas for the distressed and the solitary, Deemed fit inmates for the prisons! With a handful of grain I go out and divine, How I may be able to become good.

小弁

弁彼鸒斯，歸飛提提。民莫不穀，我獨于罹。 何辜于天，我罪伊何？心之憂矣，云如之何。 踧踧周道，鞫為茂草。我心憂傷，惄焉如擣。 假寐永歎，維憂用老。心之憂矣，疢如疾首。 維桑與梓，必恭敬止。靡瞻匪父，靡依匪母。 不屬于毛？不罹于裏？天之生我，我辰安在？ 菀彼柳斯，鳴蜩嘒嘒。有漼者淵，萑葦淠淠。 譬彼舟流，不知所屆。心之憂矣，不遑假寐。 鹿斯之奔，維足伎伎。雉之朝雊，尚求其雌。 譬彼壞木，疾用無枝。心之憂矣，寧莫之知。 相彼投兔，尚或先之。行有死人，尚或墐之。 君子秉心，維其忍之。心之憂矣，涕既隕之。 君子信讒，如或醻之。君子不惠，不舒究之。 伐木掎矣，析薪扡矣。舍彼有罪，予之佗矣。 莫高匪山，莫浚匪泉。君子無易由言，耳屬于垣。 無逝我梁，無發我笱。我躬不閱，遑恤我後。

Ode 3, Stanzas 1 and 3. The Hsiâo Pan.

With flapping wings the crows Come back, flying all in a flock. Other people are happy, And I only am full of misery. What is my offence against Heaven? What is my crime? My heart is sad;—What is to be done? Even the mulberry trees and the rottleras Must be regarded with reverence; But no one is to be looked up to like a father, No one is to be depended on as a mother. Have I not a connexion with the hairs (of my father)? Did I not dwell in the womb (of my mother)? O Heaven, who gave me birth! How was it at so inauspicious a time?

巧言

悠悠昊天，曰父母且。無罪無辜，亂如此幠。 昊天已威，予慎無罪。昊天大幠，予慎無辜。 亂之初生，僭始既涵。亂之又生，君子信讒。 君子如怒，亂庶遄沮。君子如祉，亂庶遄已。 君子屢盟，亂是用長。君子信盜，亂是用暴。 盜言孔甘，亂是用餤。匪其止共，維王之卭。 奕奕寢廟，君子作之。秩秩大猷，聖人莫之。 他人有心，予忖度之。躍躍毚兔，遇犬獲之。 荏染柔木，君子樹之。往來行言，心焉數之。 蛇蛇碩言，出自口矣。巧言如簧，顏之厚矣。 彼何人斯？居河之麋。無拳無勇，職為亂階。 既微且尰，爾勇伊何！為猶將多，爾居徒幾何！

Ode 4, Stanza 1. The Khiâo Yen.

O vast and distant Heaven, Who art called our parent, That, without crime or offence, I should suffer from disorders thus great! The terrors of great Heaven are excessive, But indeed I have committed no crime. (The terrors of) great Heaven are very excessive, But indeed I have committed no offence.

何人斯

彼何人斯？其心孔艱。胡逝我梁，不入我門？伊誰云從？維暴之云。 二人從行，誰為此禍？胡逝我梁，不入唁我？始者不如今，云不我可。 彼何人斯，胡逝我陳？我聞其聲，不見其身。不愧于人。不畏于天。 彼何人斯？其為飄風。胡不自北？胡不自南？胡逝我梁？祇攪我心。 爾之安行，亦不遑舍。爾之亟行，遑脂爾車？壹者之來，云何其盱。 爾還而入，我心易也。還而不入，否難知也。壹者之來，俾我祇也。 伯氏吹壎，仲氏吹篪。及爾如貫，諒不我知。出此三物，以詛爾斯。 為鬼為蜮，則不可得。有靦面目，視人罔極。作此好歌，以極反側。

This verse is not included in this edition.

巷伯

萋兮斐兮，成是貝錦。彼譖人者，亦已大甚。 哆兮侈兮，成是南箕。彼譖人者，誰適與謀？ 緝緝翩翩，謀欲譖人。慎爾言也，謂爾不信。 捷捷幡幡，謀欲譖言。豈不爾受？既其女遷。 驕人好好，勞人草草。蒼天蒼天！視彼驕人，矜此勞人！ 彼譖人者，誰適與謀？取彼譖人，投畀豺虎。 豺虎不食，投畀有北。有北不受，投畀有昊。 楊園之道，猗于畝丘。寺人孟子，作為此詩。 凡百君子，敬而聽之。

Ode 6, Stanzas 5 and 6. The Hsiang Po.

The proud are delighted, And the troubled are in sorrow. O azure Heaven! O azure Heaven! Look on those proud men, Pity those who are troubled. Those slanderers! Who devised their schemes for them? I would take those slanderers, And throw them to wolves and tigers. If these refused to devour them, I would cast them into the north. If the north refused to receive them, I would throw them into the hands of great (Heaven).

谷風

習習谷風，維風及雨。 將恐將懼，維予與女。 將安將樂，女轉棄予。 習習谷風，維風及頹。 將恐將懼，寘予于懷。 將安將樂，棄予如遺。 習習谷風，維山崔嵬。 無草不死，無木不萎。 忘我大德，思我小怨。

This verse is not included in this edition.

蓼莪

蓼蓼者莪，匪莪伊蒿。 哀哀父母，生我劬勞。 蓼蓼者莪，匪莪伊蔚。 哀哀父母，生我勞瘁。 缾之罄矣，維罍之恥。 鮮民之生，不如死之久矣。 無父何怙？無母何恃？ 出則銜恤，入則靡至。 父兮生我，母兮鞠我，拊我、畜我、長我、育我、 顧我、復我、出入腹我。欲報之德，昊天罔極。 南山烈烈，飄風發發。 民莫不穀，我獨何害？ 南山律律，飄風弗弗。 民莫不穀，我獨不卒！ 《蓼莪》六章：四章，章四句；二章，章八句。

This verse is not included in this edition.

大東

有饛簋飧，有捄棘匕。 周道如砥，其直如矢。 君子所履，小人所視。 睠言顧之，潸焉出涕。 小東大東，杼柚其空。 糾糾葛屨，可以履霜。 佻佻公子，行彼周行。 既往既來，使我心疚。 有洌氿泉，無浸穫薪。 契契寤歎，哀我憚人。 薪是穫薪，尚可載也。 哀我憚人，亦可息也。 東人之子，職勞不來。 西人之子，粲粲衣服。 舟人之子，熊羆是裘。 私人之子，百僚是試。 或以其酒，不以其漿。 鞙鞙佩璲，不以其長。 維天有漢，監亦有光。 跂彼織女，終日七襄。 雖則七襄，不成報章。 睆彼牽牛，不以服箱。 東有啟明，西有長庚。 有捄天畢，載施之行。 維南有箕，不可以簸揚。 維北有斗，不可以挹酒漿。 維南有箕，載翕其舌。 維北有斗，西柄之揭。

Ode 9. The Tâ Tung.

Well loaded with millet were the dishes, And long and curved were the spoons of thorn-wood. The way to Kâu was like a whetstone, And straight as an arrow. (So) the officers trod it, And the common people looked on it. When I look back and think of it, My tears run down in streams. In the states of the east, large and small, The looms are empty. Then shoes of dolichos fibre Are made to serve to walk on the hoar-frost. Slight and elegant gentlemen Walk along that road to Kâu. Their going and coming makes my heart sad. Ye cold waters, issuing variously from the spring, Do not soak the firewood I have cut. Sorrowful I awake and sigh;—Alas for us toiled people! The firewood has been cut;—Would that it were conveyed home! Alas for us the toiled people! Would that we could have rest! The sons of the east Are summoned only (to service), without encouragement; While the sons of the west Shine in splendid dresses. The sons of boatmen Have furs of the bear and grisly bear. The sons of the poorest families Form the officers in public employment. If we present them with spirits, They regard them as not fit to be called liquor. If we give them long girdle pendants with their stones, They do not think them long enough. There is the Milky Way in heaven, Which looks down on us in light; And the three stars together are the Weaving Sisters, Passing in a day through seven stages (of the sky). Although they go through their seven stages, They complete no bright work for us. Brilliant shine the Draught Oxen, But they do not serve to draw our carts. In the east there is Lucifer; In the west there is Hesperus; Long and curved is the Rabbit Net of the sky;—But they only occupy their places. In the south is the Sieve, But it is of no use to sift. In the north is the Ladle, But it lades out no liquor. In the south is the Sieve, Idly showing its mouth. In the north is the Ladle, Raising its handle in the west.

四月

四月維夏，六月徂暑。先祖匪人？胡寧忍予？ 秋日淒淒，百卉具腓。亂離瘼矣，爰其適歸？ 冬日烈烈，飄風發發。民莫不穀，我獨何害？ 山有嘉卉，侯栗侯梅。廢為殘賊，莫知其尤。 相彼泉水，載清載濁。我日構禍，曷云能穀？ 滔滔江漢，南國之紀。盡瘁以仕，寧莫我有。 匪鶉匪鳶，翰飛戾天。匪鱣匪鮪，濳逃于淵。 山有蕨薇，隰有杞桋。君子作歌，維以告哀。

This verse is not included in this edition.