帕布莉卡伐柯
伐柯如何？
匪斧不克，
取妻如何？
匪媒不得。
伐柯伐柯，
其则不远。
我觏之子，
笾[1]豆[2]有践[3]。
注释：
[1] 笾（biān）：盛果品的竹器。
[2] 豆：盛肉的木器。
[3] 践：行列。
An Axe-handle[1]
Do you know how to make
An axe-handle? With an axe keen.
Do you know how to take
A wife? Just ask a go-between.
When a handle is hewed,
The pattern should not be far.
When a maiden is wooed,
See how many betrothal gifts there are.
[1]It was said that this song was sung by a bridegroom to his unmarried friends. That was the reason why a go-between was called a handlemaker in China.
