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庭燎

夜如何其。
夜未央。
庭燎之光。
君子至止。
鸞聲將將。
夜如何其。
夜未艾。
庭燎晢晢。
君子至止。
鸞聲噦噦。
夜如何其。
夜鄉晨。
庭燎有輝。
君子至止。
言觀其旂。

TING LIAO

How goes the night?
It is not yet midnight.
The torch is blazing in the court-yard.
My princely men are arriving; --
There is the tinkling of their bells.
How goes the night?
The night is not yet through.
The torch is growing pale in the court-yard.
My princely men are arriving; --
There is the sound of their bells, regular and near.
How goes the night?
It is getting towards morning.
The torch is smoking in the court-yard.
My princely men are arriving; --
I see their banners.
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