Book VII. The Odes of Chêng: XVI. Fêng Yü

XVI The Fêng Yü; narrative. A wife is consoled, in circumstances of gloom, by the arrival of her husband. 1Cold is the wind, fast falls the rain, The cock aye shrilly crows. But I have seen my lord again;— Now must my heart repose. 2Whistles the wind, patters the rain, The cock's crow far resounds. But I have seen my lord again, And healed are my heart's wounds. 3All's dark amid the wind and rain, Ceaseless the cock's clear voice! But I have seen my lord again;— Should not my heart rejoice?