I. Ch‘iao Ch‘ao
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The Book of Poetry, tr. by James Legge, [1876], at sacred-texts.com
Book II. The Odes of Shao and the South
I
The Ch‘iao Ch‘ao; allusive: Celebrating the marriage of a princess to the prince of another state.
1 In the magpie's nest
Dwells the dove at rest.
This young bride goes to her future home;
To meet her a hundred chariots come.
Dwells the dove at rest.
This young bride goes to her future home;
To meet her a hundred chariots come.
2 Of the magpie's nest
Is the dove possest.
This bride goes to her new home to live;
And escort a hundred chariots give. p. 12
3 The nest magpie wove
Now filled by the dove.
This bride now takes to her home her way;
And this numerous cars her state display.
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