古诗：苕之华 中英对照

The flowers of the bignonia ，

Are of a deep yellow .

My heart is sad ；

I feel its wound .

The flowers of the bignonia [are gone] ，

[There are only] its leaves all-green .

If I had known it would be thus with me ，

I had better not have been born .

The ewes have large heads ；

The Three stars are [seen] in the fish-trap .

If some men can get enough to eat ，

Few can get their fill .

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苕之华、芸其黄矣。

心之忧矣、维其伤矣。

苕之华、其叶青青。

知我如此、不如无生。

牂羊坟首、三星在罶。

人可以食、鲜可以饱。