帕布莉卡君子于役[1]
君子于役，
不知其期，
曷至[2]哉？
鸡栖于埘[3]，
日之夕矣，
羊牛下来。
君子于役，
如之何勿思！
君子于役，
不日不月。
曷其有佸[4]？
鸡栖于桀[5]，
日之夕矣，
羊牛下括[6]。
君子于役，
苟无饥渴。
夫君在服劳役，
不知他的归期。
什么时候回来？
鸡已纷纷飞上窝，
太阳也已下山了，
牛羊纷纷下山岗。
夫君在服劳役，
怎么能够不想他！
夫君在服劳役，
液有准期要回来。
什么时候能团圆？
鸡已纷纷歇木桩，
太阳也下山了，
牛羊纷纷下山坡。
夫君在服劳役，
但愿不要饿肚肠。
注释：
[1] 役：服劳役。
[2] 至：回家。
[3] 埘（shí）：鸡窝。
[4] 佸（huó）：会和，团圆。
[5] 桀：木桩。
[6] 括：到来。
My Man Is Away[1]
My man’s away to serve the State;
I can’t anticipate
How long he will there stay
Or when he’ll be on homeward way.
The sun is setting in the west;
The fowls are roosting in their nest;
The sheep and cattle come to rest.
To serve the State my man’s away.
How can I not think of him night and day?
My man’s away to serve the state;
I can’t anticipate
When we’ll again have met.
The sun’s already set;
The fowls are roosting in their nest;
The sheep and cattle come to rest.
To serve the state my man’s away.
Keep him from hunger and thirst, I pray.
[1]This song expressed the feeling of a wife on the prolonged absence of her husband on ser vice and her longing for his return.
