Full-text Translation of The Book of Songs Meng

That man is honest and gives cloth for silk. One is to interpret "cloth" as cloth, so "holding cloth to trade silk" means exchanging cloth for silk; The second is to interpret "cloth" as an ancient coin, so "trading silk with cloth" means buying my silk with money. I'm not actually here to change silk. I am here to discuss marriage. Send you through the ice water and go straight to Dunqiu. It's not that I'm stalling, but that you don't have a good matchmaker. Please don't get angry. Let's fix the wedding date for autumn. Climb up the collapsed wall and look at the people coming. Those who didn't see it, tears fell down. When I finally met you, I was talking and laughing. You use tortoise plastron and yarrow for divination, and there is no writing on the wall. You drive to pick me up, and I'll marry you with my things. Mulberry leaves are fresh and moist before falling. Alas, Turtledove, don't be greedy for mulberries! Alas, girl, don't indulge in men's love. A man who is addicted to love can still get away. A girl addicted to love can't get rid of it. When mulberry leaves fall, their leaves turn yellow and fall off one by one. Since I married your family, I have endured years of poverty. The ice water waves rolled and the cloth curtain on the car was wet by the waves. There is nothing wrong with women, but men's behavior is inconsistent. Men's love is uncertain, and feelings change again and again. Being your wife for many years has done all the hard work at home. Get up early and go to bed late. Not a day goes by without it. When your wish is satisfied, you will become fierce. Brothers don't understand my situation. They all laughed at me. Calm down and think, you can only be sad. I want to grow old with you, but (now) my desire to grow old makes me very disgusted. No matter how wide the ice water is, there is always a shore, and no matter how big the low-humidity depression is, there are also sides (meaning that everything has certain restrictions, which compares the impermanence of people). When I was a teenager, I played happily together and laughed heartily. The oath is sincere. I didn't expect you to change your mind. You broke your oath and let go of your old feelings, so forget it!