
Chinese
b. 630 B.C.
Go fast chariots! I am going back to where the ruler of Wei lives to console him.
The horse keeps wandering, and when will i reach Zhao?
The daifus (high officials) went wandering, but my heart is filled with worries.
There is no person that thinks I am good, yet I cannot go back.
That person doesn’t think very much of me, but my thoughts haven’t changed.
You do not think of me as good, but my thoughts for you would not cease.
I will climb up those hills and collect plants (to make medicine to cure my worries).
A woman has lot of thoughts, and they all go their own ways.
The people of Xu worry about me yet they are childish and mad!
I went out in the wilderness and noticed the wheat not reaped (because of the political situation).
I should try to report it, yet who should I tell it to?
To all the high officials, do not say I worry.
I have so many thoughts but it is not anything compared to where I am trying to go.