坎坎伐檀兮,寘之河之干兮,河水清且涟猗。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11ᵗʰ – 7ᵗʰ centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's versionKǎnkǎn fá tán xī, zhì zhī hé zhī gān xī, héshuǐ qīng qiě lián yī. [Pinyin]
坎坎伐檀兮,寘之河之干兮,河水清且涟猗。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11ᵗʰ – 7ᵗʰ centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's versionKǎnkǎn fá tán xī, zhì zhī hé zhī gān xī, héshuǐ qīng qiě lián yī. [Pinyin]
kan - kan go his blows on the sandal trees ,
And he places what he hews on the river's bank, Whose waters flow clear and rippling.
Mandarin
祢用重价救赎我,使我脱离罪恶河,叫我这不配的人凭信得救。
禰用重價救贖我,使我脱離罪惡河,叫我這不配的人憑信得救。
mí yòng zhòng jià jiù shú wǒ , shǐ wǒ tuō lí zuì è hé , jiào wǒ zhè bù pèi de rén píng xìn dé jiù .
Allowing me, this unworthy person, to be saved by faith.