既往既来，使我心疚。
有冽氿泉， 无浸获薪。
契契寤叹，哀我惮人。
薪是获薪，尚可载也。
哀我惮人，亦可息也。
东人之子，职劳不来。
西人之子，粲粲衣服。
Recalling bygone years, In streams run down my tears. In East states, large and small, The looms are empty all. In summer shoes we go On winter frost or snow.
舟人之子，熊罴是裘。
私人之子，百僚是试。
或以其酒，不以其浆。
鞙鞙佩璲，不以其长。
维天有汉，监亦有光。
跂彼织女，终日七襄。
虽则七襄，不成报章。
Foppishly mincing the young lords Walk there upon the road. They go away, they come back again; It makes me ill to look at them! Sinica, Vol. II, Pt. I. Roughly speaking, the Lesser East means the
睆彼牵牛，不以服箱。
东有启明，西有长庚。
有捄天毕，载施之行。
维南有箕，不可以簸扬。
All day long they are free. What use though they don’t rest? The Sieve shines in the south, Idly showing its mouth.