伐檀 诗经

坎坎伐檀兮，置之河之干兮，河水清且涟猗。 不稼不穑，胡取禾三百廛兮。 不狩不猎，胡瞻尔庭有县貆兮。 彼君子兮，不素餐兮。 坎坎伐辐兮，置之河之侧兮，河水清且直猗。 不稼不穑，胡取禾三百亿兮。 不狩不猎，胡瞻尔庭有县特兮。 彼君子兮，不素食兮。 坎坎伐轮兮，置之河之漘兮，河水清且沦猗。 不稼不穑，胡取禾三百囷兮。 不狩不猎，胡瞻尔庭有县鹑兮。 彼君子兮，不素飧兮。

Cutting sandalwood (literal translation)

Chop, chop, I cut down sandalwood trees, placing them on the riverbank; the river water is clear and rippling. Neither sowing nor reaping, yet you take three hundred sheaves of grain. Neither hunting nor trapping, yet I see a badger hanging in your courtyard. That old lord, he doesn’t eat without someone doing the work. Chop, chop, I cut sandalwood spokes, placing them beside the river; the river water is clear and straight. Neither sowing nor reaping, yet you take three hundred billion sheaves of grain. Neither hunting nor trapping, yet I see a quail hanging in your courtyard. That old lord, he doesn’t eat without someone doing the work. Chop, chop, I cut sandalwood wheels, placing them on the riverbank; the river water is clear and flowing. Neither sowing nor reaping, yet you take three hundred granaries of grain. Neither hunting nor trapping, yet I see a quail hanging in your courtyard. That old lord, he doesn’t eat without someone doing the work.