国风·郑风·子衿

青青子衿，悠悠我心。纵我不往，子宁不嗣音？
青青子佩，悠悠我思。纵我不往，子宁不来？
挑兮达兮，在城阙兮。一日不见，如三月兮！

To a Scholar

Student with collar blue,
How much I long for you!

Though to see you l am not free,
O why don't you send word to me?

Scholar with belt-stone blue,
How long I think of you!
Though to see you l am not free,
O why don't you come to see me?
I'm pacing up and down
On the wall of the town.
When to see you I am not free,
One day seems like three months to me.