阪有漆,隰有栗。
既见君子,并坐鼓瑟。
今者不乐,逝者其耋。
In friends so gay!" Beside lute-playing band. "If we do not enjoy today, / At eighty joy will pass away.
阪有桑,隰有杨。
既见君子,并坐鼓簧。
今者不乐,逝者其亡。
On the hillside grows the mulberry-tree, On the lowlands the willow. Now I have seen my lord; He sits opposite me, playing his reed-organ: 'Ifto-day we are not merry, In time to come we shall be gone.'