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