The book of odes and hymns – part 10

RU FEN

Along those raised banks of the Ru,

I cut down the branches and slender stems.

While I could not see my lord,

I felt as it were pangs of great hunger.

Along those raised banks of the Ru,

I cut down the branches and fresh twigs.

I have seen my lord;

He has not cast me away.

The bream is showing its tail all red;

The royal House is like a blazing fire.

Though it be like a blazing fire,

Your parents are very near.

汝墳

遵彼汝墳、伐其條枚。

未見君子、惄如調飢。

遵彼汝墳、伐其條肆。

既見君子、不我遐棄。

魴魚赬尾、王室如燬 。

雖則如燬、父母孔邇 。