Book VI. The Odes of the Royal Domain: VI. Yang Chih Shui

IV The Yang Chih Shui; allusive. The troops of Chou, kept on duty in Shin, murmur at their separation from their families. 1 Fretted the waters seem, Yet gently flows the stream;— Unable a fagot to bear. Guarding Shin here we roam, Wives and children at home, All absent our toils who should share. p. 78 We think of them ever; Thought parts from them never;— What month shall we homeward repair? 2 Fretted the waters seem, Yet gently flows the stream;— A bundle of thorns twill not bear. Guarding Fu here we roam, Wives and children at home, All absent our toils who should share. We think of them ever; Thought parts from them never;— What month shall we homeward repair? 3 Fretted the waters seem, Yet gently flows the stream; The reed bundle powerless to bear. Guarding Hsü here we roam, Wives and children at home, All absent our toils who should share. We think of them ever; Thought parts from them never;— What month shall we homeward repair? p. 79