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y así sc Lamenta la viuda escocesa en esta waulking-song gaélico:
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Oh, ¡iow grie”ously am ¡ alIlicted. (Sha’v, FS&FSU, p. 55)
La muchacha china se lamenta de que su amado se haya distanciado de ella dejándola sola Así,
entre los muchos cantos antiguos chinos de malpenada (del 800-600 antes de Cristo)
transcribi unoscompletoel siguiente:
The wh¡te-Ilower is twisted into bast,
Thewhite reeds are bound in bundies.
Rut my lord Ls estranged Irom mc,
Lets me be al! alone.
White elouds spread across ihe sky,
‘flierejsdewonsedgealld reed,
Hea~’en is ‘&erging towards cal arnhty;
My lord makes no plan.
1kw Hu-t’o northward flowing
Wets ihose paddy Iields.
Ful¡ of woe is this song ¡ chaní.
Tluinking of that taU man.
They have gathercd thai brushwood of the mulbcrry-tree;
High it b¡azes jo thc fumace.
lo think of that útil man
Truly seorches rny heart.
Drums and belis in the house!
One can hear them from outside.
Thinking of you 1 am in misery-
¡4ow you looked ni me wi¡hout ¡ove.
There isa pelican on dic dam,
A crane in wocd.