帕布莉卡伯[1]兮
伯兮朅[2]兮，
邦之桀兮。
伯也执殳[3]，
为王前驱。
自伯之东，
首如飞蓬。
岂无膏沐[4]，
谁适为容？
其雨其雨，
杲杲[5]出日。
愿言思伯，
甘心首疾。
焉得谖[6]草？
言树[7]之背[8]。
愿言思伯，
使我心痗[9]。
夫君啊，多英武，
是国家的英雄。
夫君拿着殳杖，
为君王当先锋。
自从夫君走向东，
我的头发乱蓬蓬。
难道没有脂和油，
为谁打扮为谁容？
总是觉得该下雨，
一轮太阳高高挂。
一心只把夫君想，
想得心疼头也痛。
哪儿去找忘忧草，
把它栽到北堂好。
一心只把夫君想，
病驻心头忘不了。
注释：
[1] 伯：周代妇女称丈夫为伯。
[2] 朅（qiè）：威武健壮。
[3] 殳（shū）：古代的一种兵器。
[4] 膏沐：化妆用的油脂。
[5] 杲杲（gǎo gǎo）：太阳出来火红光亮的样子。
[6] 谖（xuān）草：忘忧草。
[7] 树：栽种。
[8] 背：北堂。
[9] 痗（mèi）：病痛。
My Lord[1]
My lord is brave and bright,
A hero in our land,
A vanguard in King’s fight,
With a lance in his hand.
Since my lord eastward went,
Like thistle looks my hair.
Have I no anointment?
For whom should I look fair?
Let it rain, let it rain!
The sun shines bright instead.
I miss my lord in vain,
Heedless of aching head.
Where’s the Herb to Forget?
To plant it north I’d start.
Missing my lord, I fret:
It makes me sick at heart.
[1]A wife mourned over the protracted absence of her lord on the King’s service around 706 B.C. This was considered as the earliest song of a wife longing for her husband in service.
