SHI WEI
Reduced! Reduced!
Why not return?
If it were not for your sake, O prince,
How should we be thus exposed to the dew?
Reduced! Reduced!
Why not return?
If it were not for your person, O prince,
How should we be here in the mire?
shì wēi
式微
shì wēi shì wēi 、hú bú guī 。
式微式微、胡不歸。
wēi jūn zhī gù 、hú wéi hū zhōng lù 。
微君之故、胡為乎中露。
shì wēi shì wēi 、hú bú guī 。
式微式微、胡不歸。
wēi jūn zhī gōng 、hú wéi hū ní zhōng 。
微君之躬、胡為乎泥中。
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