Living
Watering the Flowers
Translated by Isaac Taylor Headland (1900) · From Chinese Mother Goose Rhymes (1900)
I water the flowers, I water the flowers,
I water them morning and evening hours,
I never wait till the flowers are dry,
I water them e'er the sun is high;
A basin of water, a basin of tea,
I water the flowers, they're op'ning, you see;
A basin of water, another beside,
I water the flowers, they're opening wide.
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Anonymous Chinese nursery rhymes. “Watering the Flowers.” Translated by Isaac Taylor Headland. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-chinese-nursery/104/.
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Anonymous Chinese nursery rhymes. “Watering the Flowers.” Translated by Isaac Taylor Headland. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-chinese-nursery/104/.
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