帕布莉卡南山
南山崔崔，
雄狐绥绥[1]。
鲁道有荡[2]，
齐子由归。
既曰归止，
曷又怀止？
葛屦五两[3]，
冠[4]双止。
鲁道有荡，
齐子庸止。
既曰庸止，
曷又从止？
蓺麻如之何？
衡从其亩。
取妻如之何？
必告父母。
既曰告止，
曷又鞠[5]止？
析薪如之何？
匪斧不克。
取妻如之何？
匪媒不得。
既曰得止，
曷又极[6]止？
巍巍南山势高峻，
雄狐慢慢寻雌狐。
鲁国大道势平坦，
齐国女子从此嫁。
既然已经嫁出去，
为什么还要想着她？
葛鞋排列排成双，
帽带一对双垂下。
鲁国大道势平坦，
齐国女子从此嫁。
既然已经嫁出去，
为什么还要盯着她？
怎么想要种大麻？
田亩横纵有其法。
青年怎么娶妻子？
必先告诉父母家。
已经告诉父母家，
为什么还要放纵她？
怎么劈柴砍木头？
不用斧头不能做。
迎娶妻子靠什么？
没有媒人得不到。
已经娶到妻子了，
为什么还要放任她？
注释：
[1] 绥绥：求偶相随的样子。
[2] 荡：平坦。
[3] 五两：排列成双。
[4] （ruí）：帽带。
[5] 鞠（jū）：放纵。
[6] 极：放任到了极点。
Incest[1]
To Duke Xiang of Qi
The southern hill is great;
A male fox seeks his mate.
The way to Lu is plain;
Your sister with her train
Goes to wed Duke of Lu.
Why should you go there too?
The shoes are made in pairs
And strings of gems she wears.
The way to Lu is plain;
Your sister goes to reign
And wed with Duke of Lu.
Why should you follow her too?
To Duke Huan of Lu
For hemp the ground is ploughed and dressed
From north to south, from east to west.
When a wife comes to your household,
Your parents should be told.
If you told your father and mother,
Should your wife go back to her brother?
How is the firewood split?
An axe can sever it.
How can a wife be won?
With go-between it’s done.
To be your wife she’s vowed;
No incest is allowed.
[1]This was a satire against Duke Xiang of Qi and Duke Huan of Lu. In 708 B. C. Duke Huan married a daughter of Qi, known as Wen Jiang. There was an improper afection between her and her brother, Duke Xiang; and on his succession to Qi, the couple visited him. The consequences were incest between the brother and sister, the murder of the husband and a disgraceful connection, long continued, between the guilty pair. In the first stanza, the great southern hill alluded to the great State of Qi and the male fox seek ing his mate alluded contemptuously to Duke Xiang seeking his sister who was going to wed Duke Huan of Lu. In the second stanza, the shoes and strings of gems made in pairs alluded to the union of man and wife. In the third stanza, the ground well prepared for hemp alluded to the preparations for marriage between Duke Huan and Wen Jiang. In the last stanza, the splitting of firewood was a formality in contracting a marriage during the Zhou dynasty.
