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靜女

靜女其姝。
俟我於城隅。
愛而不見。
搔首踟躕。
靜女其孌。
貽我彤管。
彤管有煒。
說懌女美。
自牧歸荑。
洵美且異。
匪女以為美。
美人之貽。

JING NU

How lovely is the retiring girl!
She was to await me at a corner of the wall.
Loving and not seeing her,
I scratch my head, and am in perplexity.
How handsome is the retiring girl!
She presented to me a red tube.
Bright is the red tube; --
I delight in the beauty of the girl.
From the pasture lands she gave a shoet of the white grass,
Truly elegant and rare.
It is not you, O grass, that are elegant; --
You are the gift of an elegant girl.
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