Alas for me ， who am [as] a little child ，
On whom has devolved the unsettled State ！
Solitary am I and full of distress .
Oh ！ my great Father ，
All thy life long ， thou wast filial .
Thou didst think of my great grandfather ，
[Seeing him ， as it were ，] ascending and descending in the court .
I ， the little child ，
Day and night will be so reverent .
Oh ！ ye great kings ，
As your successor ， I will strive not to forget you .
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閔予小子、遭家不造、嬛嬛在疚。
于乎皇考、永世克考。
念茲皇祖、陟降庭止。
維予小子、夙夜敬止。
于乎皇王、繼序思不忘。
On whom has devolved the unsettled State ！
Solitary am I and full of distress .
Oh ！ my great Father ，
All thy life long ， thou wast filial .
Thou didst think of my great grandfather ，
[Seeing him ， as it were ，] ascending and descending in the court .
I ， the little child ，
Day and night will be so reverent .
Oh ！ ye great kings ，
As your successor ， I will strive not to forget you .
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閔予小子、遭家不造、嬛嬛在疚。
于乎皇考、永世克考。
念茲皇祖、陟降庭止。
維予小子、夙夜敬止。
于乎皇王、繼序思不忘。