谁谓尔无羊，三百维群。
谁谓尔无牛，九十其犉。
尔羊来思，其角濈濈。
尔牛来思，其耳湿湿。
或降于阿，或饮于池，或寝或讹。
尔牧来思，何蓑何笠，或负其糇。
三十维物，尔牲则具。
尔牧来思，以薪以蒸，以雌以雄。
尔羊来思，矜矜兢兢，不骞不崩。
麾之以肱，毕来既升。
牧人乃梦，众维鱼矣，旐维旟矣。
大人占之，众维鱼矣，实维丰年。
旐维旟矣，室家溱溱。
Who says you have no sheep? / There're three hundred in herd. Have you no cows to keep? / Ninety cattle's low is heard. Your sheep don't strive for corn; / They're at peace horn to horn. When your cattle appears, / You see their frapping ears. Some cattle go downhill; / Others drink water clear. Some move; others lie still. / When your herdsmen appear, They bear hats of bamboos / And carry food and rice. Cattle of thirty hues / Are fit for sacrifice. Then come your men of herds / With large and small firewood And male and female birds. / Your sheep appear so good: Fat, they don't run away; / Tame, they don't go astray. At wave of arms, behold! / They come back to the fold. Then dreams the man of herds / Of locusts turned to fishes.