帕布莉卡衡门
衡门之下，
可以栖迟。
泌之洋洋，
可以乐饥[1]。
岂其食鱼，
必河之鲂？
岂其取妻，
必齐之姜？
岂其食鱼，
必河之鲤？
岂其取妻，
必宋之子？
支起横木即是门，
横木之下来栖身。
泌水荡漾漾，
快乐慰饥肠。
难道想要吃鱼，
一定要吃黄河里的鳊鱼？
难道想要娶妻，
一定要娶齐国姜家女？
难道吃鱼，
一定要吃黄河里的鲤鱼？
难道想要娶妻，
一定要娶宋国子家大姑娘？
注释：
[1] 乐饥：乐而忘饥。
Contentment[1]
Beneath the door of single beam
You can sit and rest at your leisure;
Beside the gently flowing stream
You may drink to stay hunger with pleasure.
If you want to eat fish,
Why must you have bream as you wish?
If you want to be wed,
Why must you have Qi the nobly bred?
If you want to eat fish,
Why must you have carp as you wish?
If you want to be wed,
Why must you have Song the highly bred?
[1]This showed that one might enjoy oneself and forget one’s hunger, be satisfied with fish of smaller note and be happy with a wife though she were not of a noble family.
