古詩：載芟 中英對照

載芟載柞、其耕澤澤。

千耦其耘、徂溼徂畛。

侯主侯伯、侯亞侯旅、侯疆侯以。

有嗿其饁、思媚其婦、有依其士。

有略其耜、俶載南畝。

播厥百殼、實函斯活。

驛驛其達、有厭其傑。

厭厭其苗、緜緜其麃。

載獲濟濟、有實其積、萬億及秭。

爲酒爲醴、烝畀祖妣、以洽百躰。

有飶其香、邦家之光。

有椒其馨、衚考之甯。

匪且有且、匪今斯今、振古如玆。

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They clear away the grass and the bushes ；

And the ground is laid open by their ploughs .

In thousands of pairs they remove the roots ，

Some in the low wet lands ， some along the dykes .

There are the master and his eldest son ；

His younger sons ， and all their children ；

Their strong helpers ， and their hired servants .

How the noise of their eating the viands brought to them resounds ！

[The husbands] think lovingly of their wives ；

[The wives] keep close to their husbands .

[Then] with their sharp plough-shares ，

They set to work on the south-lying acres .

They sow their different kinds of grain ，

Each seed containing in it a germ of life .

In unbroken lines rises the blade ，

And well-nourished the stalks grow long .

Luxuriant looks the young grain ，

And the weeders go among it in multitudes .

Then come the reapers in crowds ，

And the grain is piled up the fields ，

Myriads ， and hundreds of thousands ， and millions [of stacks] ；

For spirits and for sweet spirits ，

To offer to our ancestors ， male and female ，

And to provide for all ceremonies .

Fragrant is their aroma ，

Enhancing the glory of the State .

Like pepper is their smell ，

To give comfort to the aged .

It is not here only that there is this [abundance] ；

It is not now only that there is such a time ： ——

From of old it has been thus .