上下未形，何由考之？
Beginning time has overcast?
冥昭瞢暗，谁能极之？
Who can confirm the world had been A mass without darkness and light?
冯翼惟象，何以识之？
If th' universe was but chaos, What evidence is there in sight?
明明暗暗，惟时何为？
And then, how was it arranged
阴阳三合，何本何化？
That there came to be Night and Day? ‘Mongst th’ yin, th’ yang and th’ ether that make
圜则九重，孰营度之？
Things, th’ vital role which one does play?
惟兹何功，孰初作之？
If the Heaven did have nine domes, Who’d done th’ survey of such a scale?
斡维焉系，天极焉加？
Could the construction of th’ project
八柱何当，东南何亏？
Turn out to be merely a tale?
What ties up the handle of th' Plough?
九天之际，安放安属？
Th' rest for Cosmos what can provide?
隅隈多有，谁知其数？
What sustains th' eight pillars of th' vault?
Why does th' earth in th' southeast subside?
天何所沓？
What constitutes the basements for Th' edges of the nine vaults of skies?
十二焉分？
The number of th' turns and twists of Th' circumferences who supplies?
日月安属？
The number of th' turns and twists of Th' circumferences who supplies?
列星安陈？
Where do the heavens meet the earth?
出自汤谷，次于蒙汜。
Why should twelve hours make up a day?
How can the sun and th' moon hang high?
自明及晦，所行几里？
How do the stars themselves array?
If th' sun set at th' River of Meng
夜光何德，死则又育？
And from th' Sun Valley it did mount,
厥利维何，而顾菟在腹？
Then from the morning till th' evening What distance would its journey count?
女岐无合，夫焉取九子？
What virtue has the Minor Light,
伯强何处？
Which makes it wax after its wane?
What's the use to have a tiger
惠气安在？
In th' belly for it to sustain?
何阖而晦？
How comes it that Lady Nuqi Had got nine sons without a spouse?
何开而明？
Where dwells Boqiang, the God of Gales,