詩 經 Shi Jing – The Book of Odes

簡兮
簡兮簡兮、方將萬舞。
日之方中、在前上處。

碩人俁俁、公庭萬舞。
有力如虎、執轡如組。

左手執籥、右手秉翟。
赫如渥赭、公言錫爵。

山有榛、隰有苓。
云誰之思、西方美人。
彼美人兮、西方之人兮。

原文 38

Easy and indifferent ! easy and indifferent !
I am ready to perform in all dances,
Then when the sun is in the meridian,
There in that conspicious place.

With my large figure,
I dance in the ducal courtyard.
I am strong [also] as a tiger ;
The reins are in my grasp like ribbons.

In my left hand I grasp a flute ;
In my right I hold a pheasant's feather.
I am red as if I were rouged ;
The duke gives me a cup [of spirits].

The hazel grows on the hills,
And the liquorice in the marshes.
Of whom are my thoughts ?
Of the fine men of the west.
O those fine men !
Those men of the west !

Legge 38