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采蘩
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于以采蘩。 |
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于沼于沚。 |
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于以用之。 |
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公侯之事。 |
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于以采蘩。 |
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于澗之中。 |
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于以用之。 |
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公侯之宮。 |
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被之僮僮。 |
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夙夜在公。 |
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被之祁祁。 |
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薄言還歸。 |
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CAI FAN
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She gathers the white southernwood, |
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By the ponds, on the islets. |
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She employs it, |
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In the business of our prince. |
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She gathers the white southernwood, |
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Along the streams in the valleys. |
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She employs it, |
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In the temple of our prince. |
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With head-dress reverently rising aloft, |
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Early, while yet it is night, she is in the prince's temple; |
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In her dead-dress, slowly retiring, |
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She returns to her own apartments. |
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