Nature
The Locust Trees
Translated by Isaac Taylor Headland (1900) · From Chinese Mother Goose Rhymes (1900)
The locust trees,
See how they grow!
Here in their shade
We will have a show.
Other people's children
All have come,
But my little girl
Is still at home.
Just as I speak,
She is coming along,
Riding a donkey
And singing a song.
Her parasol open
She holds in her hand,
Her hair is done up
In a neat little band.
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Anonymous Chinese nursery rhymes. “The Locust Trees.” Translated by Isaac Taylor Headland. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-chinese-nursery/122/.
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Anonymous Chinese nursery rhymes. “The Locust Trees.” Translated by Isaac Taylor Headland. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-chinese-nursery/122/.
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