Endless wind | The wind blows tirelessly, fierce and stormy

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by Anonymous / Unidentified Author

Translation © by Kairui (Kerry) Zhou

终风

Language: Chinese (中文)

Our translations: ENG

终风且暴，
顾我则笑。
谑浪笑敖，
中心是悼。

终风且霾，
惠然肯来。
莫往莫来，
悠悠我思。

终风且曀，
不日有曀。
寤言不寐，
愿言则嚏。

曀曀其阴，
虺虺其雷。
寤言不寐，
愿言则怀。

Notes from the researcher (Kairui Zhou): The text is from 诗经 (Classic [Collection] of Poems), a collection created between the 11th and 7th centuries BCE (see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classic_of_Poetry [wikipedia] ). The source website was https://so.gushiwen.cn/gushi/shijing.aspx. This type of ancient Chinese is written in an unbroken series of characters, without modern punctuation, but the editor of the website has added punctuation to provide a more structural feeling. We have changed the formatting to allow the English translation to appear in parallel.

Text Authorship:

by Anonymous / Unidentified Author, appears in Shi Jing (or Schi-King) - Classic of Poetry - Book of Songs -- Book of Odes -- Chinesische Liederbuch [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist , "终风" [sung text checked 1 time]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

ENG English (Kairui (Kerry) Zhou) , "Endless wind", copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Kairui (Kerry) Zhou

This text was added to the website: 2024-03-06
Line count: 16
Word count: 16

Endless wind

Language: English after the Chinese (中文)

The wind blows tirelessly, fierce and stormy,
When I look at you, I laugh.
Taunting, laughing, teasing,
But within, my heart grieves.

The wind blows tirelessly, misty and dim,
Kindly you agree to come back home.
[You] don’t leave, don't come,
Endless are my thoughts.

The wind blows tirelessly, overcast and somber,
Days without a clear sky.
Awake [for you], my words never sleep,
Wishing to speak, I sneeze.

Dim, so dim the clouds,
Thunder like serpents.
Awake [for you], my words never sleep,
Wishing to speak, I sadden.

Text Authorship:

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a text in Chinese (中文) by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist , appears in Shi Jing (or Schi-King) - Classic of Poetry - Book of Songs -- Book of Odes -- Chinesische Liederbuch
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This text was added to the website: 2024-03-06
Line count: 16
Word count: 89