Source: The Book of Songs
Rich papaya
Anonymous in pre-Qin period
You give me papaya. I'll pay for Joan. Not to thank you, always cherish your feelings.
You want to send me a peach, and I want to give it back to Qiong Yao. Not to thank you, always cherish your feelings.
You give me wood, and I'll take Joan Jiu in return. Not to thank you, always cherish your feelings.
You gave me papaya, and I got precious Joan in return. Not to repay you. Just for mutual affection, for our love!
You gave me Mutao, and I returned it to you with precious Qiong Yao, not to you. Just for mutual affection, for our love!
You gave me Li Mu, and I took Qiong Yao wine as a reward, not to repay you. Just for mutual affection, for our love!
Papaya, Mutao and Li Mu are all fruits of Yan Data Poetry. "Head" is a gift in the poem, and "Qiong Ju", "Qiong Yao" and "Qiong Jiu" are all waiting for posthumous title. "Bandit newspaper" is not for repaying kindness. The poem is concise: "You give me papaya (peach, plum) and I give you Joan (Yao, Jiu), not to thank you, but to love each other."
The whole poem is full of ups and downs and full of charm. The sentences in the three chapters of the whole poem overlap neatly with high repetition, and each chapter is only separated by two words, which is more likely to produce the effect of sound and emotion when singing; The whole poem is novel in structure, breaking through the conventional four-sentence style, such as "Guan Guan Ji Ge, in Hezhou" and so on. The whole poem has both poetic and literary charm and is worth appreciating.