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Those in the leather caps, -- |
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Who are they? |
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Since your spirits are [so]good, |
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And your viands are [so] fine, |
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How can they be strangers? |
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They are your brethren, and no others. |
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[They are like] the mistletoe and the dodder. |
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Growing over the pine and the cypress. |
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While they do not see you, O king, |
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Their sorrowful hearts are all-unsettled. |
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When they do see you, |
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They begin to be happy and glad. |
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Those in the leather caps, -- |
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Who are they? |
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Since your spirits are [so]good, |
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And your viands are all of the season. |
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How can they be strangers? |
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They are your brethren, all assembled. |
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[They are like] the mistletoe and the dodder. |
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Growing over the pine. |
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While they do not see you, O king, |
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Their hearts are full of sorrow. |
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When they do see you, |
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They begin to feel that things are right. |
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There are those in the leather caps, |
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Which they wear on their heads. |
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Since your spirits are [so] good, |
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And your viands are [so] abundant, |
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How can they be strangers? |
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They are your brethren, and your relatives by affinity. |
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When there is going to be a fall of snow, |
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There is first the descent of sleet. |
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Death and ruin may come any day, |
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It is not long that you will see one another. |
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Rejoice over your spirits for the present evening; |
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O king, enjoy the feast. |
Published
by The Institute for Advanced Technology in the Humanities, © Copyright 2003
by Anne Kinney and the University of Virginia