Ezra Pound
Collected Shorter Poems (Faber and Faber, 1973)
Poems from Classic Anthology Defined by Confucius (1954)
from The Odes of Shang
Thick, all in mass
bring drrums, bring drums
bring leather drums and play
to T'ang, to T'ang
source of us all, in fane
again, again, pray, pray;
T'ang's heir, a prayer
that puts a point to thought.

With thud of the deep drum,
flutes clear, doubling over all,
concord evens it all, built on
the stone's tone under it all.
T'ang's might is terrible
with a sound as clear and sane
as wind over grain.
Steady drum going on,
great dance elaborate,
here be guests of state
to us all one delight.

From of old is this rite
former time's initiate,
calm the flow
early and late
from sun and moon concentrate
in the heart of every man
since this rite began.

Attend, attend, bale-fire and harvest home,
T'ang's heir at the turn of the moon.

Sacrificial Odes Of Shang
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Ши цзин
Гимны дома Шан
Гимн царю Чэн-Тану (IV. V. 1)
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