今女下民，或敢侮予。
Lest others bully me. / My claws feel sore / From gathering reeds without
予手拮据，予所捋荼，予所蓄租，予口卒瘏，曰予未有室家。
予羽谯谯，予尾翛翛，予室翘翘，风雨所漂摇，予维音哓哓。
I put them up in store / Until my beak feels pain to / mend my nest. / Sparse is my feather And torn my tail; / My nest is tossed in stormy / I cry and wail to no avail.