静女其姝， 俟我于城隅。 爱而不见， 搔首踟蹰。 静女其娈， 贻我彤管。 彤管有炜， 说怿女美。 自牧归荑， 洵美且异。 匪女之为美， 美人之贻。
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.
Composition:
- Set to music by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist , "静女"
Text Authorship:
- by Anonymous / Unidentified Author, appears in Shi Jing (or Schi-King) - Classic of Poetry - Book of Songs -- Book of Odes -- Chinesische Liederbuch
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Kairui (Kerry) Zhou) , "The Calm Maiden", 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
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