Eastern Sun

Anonymous

Ah, the beautiful girl
In the eastern sun—
She’s in my room,
She’s in my room,
Her feet will follow mine.
Ah, the beautiful girl
In the eastern moon—
She’s in my door,
She’s in my door,
Her feet now follow mine.



Original Chinese
Traditional
Simplified
Pronunciation
東方之日
方之日
dōng
fāng zhī rì
東方之日兮,
方之日兮,
dōng
fāng zhī rì xī
彼姝者子,
彼姝者子,
bǐ shū
zhě zǐ
在我室兮。
在我室兮。
zài wǒ
shì xī
在我室兮,
在我室兮,
zài wǒ
shì xī
履我即兮。
履我即兮。
lǚ wǒ
jí xī
東方之月兮,
方之月兮,
dōng
fāng zhī yuè xī
彼姝者子,
彼姝者子,
bǐ shū
zhě zǐ
在我闥兮。
在我兮。
zài wǒ
tà xī
在我闥兮,
在我兮,
zài wǒ
tà xī
履我發兮。
履我兮。
lǚ wǒ
fā xī
Translation Notes
東方之日
East
Direction ’s Sun
東方之日兮,
East direction ’s sun xi
彼姝者子,
That
beautiful-girl person [particle]
[=beautiful]
[彼姝者=that beautiful girl]
[=a modal particle,with no meaning]
在我室兮。
At my
room xi
在我室兮,
At my
room xi
履我即兮。
Shoes/follow-with
me knees/follow-with xi
[=means follow with]
[=a Tongjia word as “”,knees]
東方之月兮,
East direction ’s moon xi,
彼姝者子,
That beautiful girl [particle]
在我闥兮。
At my
inside-door xi
[=means inside the door]
在我闥兮,
At my inside-door xi
履我發兮。
Shoes/follow
my send-out/feet xi.
[=means the feet]



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