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Chinese text, standard script:

帝子降兮北渚，　　 目眇眇兮愁予。
嫋嫋兮秋風，　　　 洞庭波兮木葉下。
登白薠兮騁望，　　與佳期兮夕張。
鳥何萃兮蘋中，　　罾何為兮木上？

沅有芷兮澧有蘭， 思公子兮未敢言。
荒忽兮遠望，　　　 觀流水兮潺湲。
麋何為兮庭中，　　 蛟何為兮水裔。
朝馳余馬兮江皋，　夕濟兮西澨。
聞佳人兮召[余字點去]予， 將騰駕兮偕逝。

築室兮水中，　　　 葺之兮荷蓋。
蓀壁兮紫壇，　　 　匊芳椒兮成堂。
桂棟兮蘭橑，　　　 辛夷楣兮葯房。
罔薜荔兮為帷，　　擗蕙櫋兮既張。
白玉兮為鎮，　　 　疏石蘭兮為芳。
芷葺兮荷屋，　　　 繚之兮杜衡。

合百草兮實庭，　　建芳馨兮廡門。
九嶷繽兮並迎，　　靈之來兮如雲。
捐余袂兮江中，　　遺余褋兮澧浦。
搴汀洲兮杜若，　　將以遺兮遠者。
時不可兮驟得，　　聊逍遙兮容與。

右湘夫人

English translation:

The Child of God, descending the northern bank,
Turns on me her eyes that are dark with longing.
Gently the wind of autumn whispers;
On the waves of the Dong-ting lake the leaves are falling.

Over the white sedge I gaze out wildly;
For a tryst is made to meet my love this evening.
But why should the birds gather in the duckweed?
And what ate the nets doing in the tree-tops?

The Yuan has its angelicas, the Li has its orchids:
And I think of my lady, but dare not tell it,
As with trembling heart I gaze on the distance
Over the swiftly moving waters.

What are the deer doing in the courtyard?
Or the water-dragons outside the waters?
In the morning I drive my steeds by the river;
In the evening I cross to the western shore.
I can hear my beloved calling to me:
I will ride aloft and race beside her.
I will build her a horse within the water
Roofed all over with lotus leaves;
With walls of iris, of purple shells the chamber;
Perfumed pepper shall make the hall.
With beams of cassia, orchid rafters,
Lily-tree lintel, a bower of peonies,
With woven fig-leaves for the hangings
And melilotus to make a screen;
Weights of white jade to hold the mats with,
Stone-orchids strewn to make the floor sweet:
A room of lotus thatched with the white flag
Shall all be bound up with stalks of asarum.

A thousand sweet flowers shall fill the courtyard,
And rarest perfumes shall fill the gates.
In host from their home on Doubting Mountain
Like clouds in number the spirits come thronging.

I’ll throw my thumb-ring into the river,
Leave my girdle-gem in the bay of the Li.
Sweet pollia I’ve plucked in the little islet
To send to my far-away Beloved.
Oh, rarely, rarely the time is given!
I wish I could play here a little longer.

To the right is ‘The Lady of the Xiang’

The album comprises:

• 
  Leaf A
• 
  Leaf B
  Portrait of Qu Yuan
  屈原像
• 
  Leaf C
  The Great Unity, God of the Eastern Sky
  東皇太一
• 
  Leaf D
  The Lord within the Clouds
  雲中君
• 
  Leaf E
  The Goddess of the Xiang
  湘君
• 
  Leaf F
  The Lady of the Xiang
  湘夫人
• 
  Leaf G
  The Greater Master of Fate
  大司命
• 
  Leaf H
  The Lesser Master of Fate
  少司命
• 
  Leaf I
  The Lord of the East
  東君
• 
  Leaf J
  The River Earl
  河伯
• 
  Leaf K
  The Mountain Spirit
  山鬼
• 
  Leaf L
  Hymn to the Fallen
  國殤

https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/40511

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