Book VI. The Odes of the Royal Domain: X. Ch‘iu Chung Yu Ma

X The Ch‘iu Chung Yu Ma; narrative. A woman longs for the presence of her lovers, who, she thinks, are detained from her by another woman. 1Where the hemp grows on the mound, There some one keeps Tsŭ-chieh; There some one keeps Tsŭ-chieh:— Why comes not he to me with a bound? 2On the mound where grows the wheat, There some one keeps Tzŭ-kuo; There some one keeps Tzŭ-kuo:— Why comes not he with me here to eat? 3On the mound plum trees have place. There some one keeps those youths; There some one keeps those youths:— O for their chiu-stones girdle to grace!