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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苕之華、蕓其黃矣。
心之憂矣、維其傷矣。
苕之華、其葉青青。
知我如此、不如無生。
牂羊墳首、三星在罶。
人可以食、鮮可以飽。
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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苕之華、蕓其黃矣。
心之憂矣、維其傷矣。
苕之華、其葉青青。
知我如此、不如無生。
牂羊墳首、三星在罶。
人可以食、鮮可以飽。