The Book of Poetry: Book I. The Odes of Chou and the South: VIII. Fou I
The Book of Poetry, tr. by James Legge, [1876]
2We gather and gather the plantains;
Now off the ears we must tear.
Yes, gather and gather the plantains,
And now the seeds are laid bare.
3We gather and gather the plantains,
The seeds in our skirts are placed.
Yes, gather and gather the plantains,
Ho! safe in the girdled waist.