Adapted from The Book of Songs Xiaoya Xin Nanshan, the original excerpt is as follows:
Wings wings, millet millet. Great-grandchildren's fat, thought wine and food. I am a corpse, and I will live for ten thousand years.
Nakata has Lu, and there are melons in the territory. It was the ancestors of the emperor who undressed and sacrificed. Great-grandchildren's longevity experiment was influenced by heaven.
Interpretation of vernacular Chinese:
The boundaries of the fields are neat, and the millet and sorghum are thriving and flourishing. Children and grandchildren are full, and grains make wine. It can be used to pay homage to the body of God and entertain guests and friends. May the gods of heaven bless me forever.
There are habitable houses in the middle of the field, and fruits and vegetables are growing beside the ridge. Peel, cut and pickle vegetables to pay homage to the great ancestors. Their descendants live a happy life, which is a gift from heaven.
Extended data:
Xiao Ya Xin Nan Shan is a poem in The Book of Songs, the first collection of poems in ancient China. This is a musical song describing Zhou Wang's ancestor worship and blessing, focusing on the description of agricultural production and showing the cultural characteristics of the Zhou Dynasty as an agricultural society.
This poem consists of six chapters, each with six sentences. The first chapter is about expanding territory, the second chapter is about good weather, the third chapter is about wine and food for ancestor worship, the fourth chapter is about melon and fruit sacrifice, the fifth chapter is about sake sacrifice, and the sixth chapter is about sacrifice ceremony. Some details in this poem are excellent, real and vivid, which makes people feel immersive.
References:
Baidu Encyclopedia-"Xiaoya New Nanshan"