The Book of Poetry: Book V. The Odes of Wei: IX. Yu Hu
The Book of Poetry, tr. by James Legge, [1876]
The Yu Hu; metaphorical. A woman expresses her desire for a husband.
2Lonely, suspicious, is that fox,
At that deep ford of Ch‘i.
Like him that man, for whom I'm sad!
No girdle sash has he!
3Lonely, suspicious, is that fox,
There, on the bank of Ch‘i.
Like him that man, for whom I'm sad!
No clothes at all has he!