詩經 Book of Odes - 鴟鴞 CHI XIAO
鴟鴞鴟鴞、既取我子、無毀我室。
恩斯勤斯、鬻子之閔斯。
迨天之未陰雨、徹彼桑土、綢繆牖戶。
今女下民、或敢侮予。
予手拮据、予所捋荼、予所蓄租、予口卒瘏、曰予未有室家。
予羽譙譙、予尾翛翛、予室翹翹、風雨所漂搖、予維音嘵嘵。
O owl , O owl ,
You have taken my young ones ; --
Do not [also] destroy my nest .
With love and with toil ,
I nourished them . -- I am to be pitied .
Before the sky was dark with rain ,
I gathered the roots of the mulberry tree ,
And bound round and round my window and door .
Now ye people below ,
Dare any of you despise my house ?
With my claws I tore and held .
Through the rushes which I gathered ,
And all the materials I collected ,
My mouth was all sore ; --
I said to myself , ' I have not yet got my house complete . '
My wings are all-injured ;
My tail is all-broken ;
My house is in a perilous condition ;
It is tossed about in the wind and rain : --
I can but cry out with this note of alarm .
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