The Book of Poetry: Book VIII. The Odes of Ch‘i: IX. Pi Kou
The Book of Poetry, tr. by James Legge, [1876]
2Rent is the basket at the dam,
Where bream and tench abound;
As useless is the prince of Lu,
In vigor wanting found.
Back comes Ch‘i’s daughter, with a shower
Of followers at her side, p. 113
Her son should hold her fast in Lu,
Her wanton ways to hide.
3Rent is the basket at the dam;
Fish in and out can go;
As useless is the prince of Lu,
And vigor fails to show.
Back comes Ch‘i’s daughter, with a stream
Of followers behind;
Her son should hold her fast in Lu,
From such lewd ways confined.