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I take counsel at the beginning of my [rule], |
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How I can follow [the example] of my shrined father. |
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Ah! far-reaching [were his plans], |
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And I am not yet able to carry them out. |
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However I endeavour to reach to them, |
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My continuation of them will still be all-deflected. |
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I am [but as] a little child, |
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Unequal to the many difficulties of the State. |
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In his room, [I will look for him] to go up and come down in the court, |
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To ascend and descend in the house. |
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Admirable art thou, O great Father, |
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[Condescend] to preserve and enlighten me. |
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by The Institute for Advanced Technology in the Humanities, © Copyright 2003
by Anne Kinney and the University of Virginia