1:19One MessageMany witnesses · one GOD
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Plain text of Ode 1, Stanza 1. The Shu Li

There was the millet with its drooping heads; There was the sacrificial millet coming into blade. Slowly I moved about, In my heart all-agitated. Those who knew me Said I was sad at heart, Those who did not know me, Said I was seeking for something. O Thou distant and exalted God! By what man was this (brought about)?