青青子衿、悠悠我心。
縱我不往、子寧不嗣音。

O you, with the blue collar,
Prolonged is the anxiety of my heart.
Although I do not go [to you],
Why do you not continue your messages [to me]?

青青子佩、悠悠我思。
縱我不往、子寧不來。

O you with the blue [strings to your] girdle-gems,
Long, long do I think of you.
Although I do not go [to you],
Why do you not come [to me]?

挑兮達兮、在城闕兮。
一日不見、如三月兮。

How volatile are you and dissipated,
By the look-out tower on the wall!
One day without the sight of you,
Is like three months.