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甘棠

蔽芾甘棠。
勿翦勿伐。
召伯所茇。
蔽芾甘棠。
勿翦勿敗。
召伯所憩。
蔽芾甘棠。
勿翦勿拜。
召伯所說。

GAN TANG

[This] umbrageous sweet pear-tree; --
Clip it not, hew it not down.
Under it the chief of Zhou lodged.
[This] umbrageous sweet pear-tree; --
Clip it not, break not a twig of it.
Under it the chief of Zhou rested.
[This] umbrageous sweet pear-tree; --
Clip it not, bend not a twig of it.
Under it the chief of Zhou halted.
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