The Book of Poetry: Book VIII. The Decade of Tu Jên Shih: IX. T‘iao Chih Hua
The Book of Poetry, tr. by James Legge, [1876]
2The flowers are all gone;
But green leaves are seen.
Than this fate have known,
Better not to have been!
3In fish traps but stars!
Ewes thin, with large head!
While some may have food,
Most languish, ill fed.