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With your long and tapering bamboo rods ,
You angle in the Qi .
Do I not think of you ?
But I am far away , and cannot get you .

The Quanyuan is on the left ,
And the waters of the Qi are on the right .
But when a young lady goes away , [and is married] ,
She leaves her brothers and parents .

The waters of the Qi are on the right
And the Quanyuan is on the left .
How shine the white teeth through the artful smiles !
How the girdle gems move to the measured steps !

The waters of the Qi flow smoothly ;
There are the oars of cedar and boats of pine .
Might I but go there in my carriage and ramble ,
To dissipate my sorrow !