Living
My Boat
Translated by Isaac Taylor Headland (1900) · From Chinese Mother Goose Rhymes (1900)
My boat is turned up at both ends,
All storms it encounters it weathers
On its body you'll find not a board,
But covered all over with feathers.
We daily re-load it with rice,
'Tis admired by all whom we meet,
You will find not a crack in my boat,
But you'll find underneath it two feet:
A duck.
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Anonymous Chinese nursery rhymes. “My Boat.” Translated by Isaac Taylor Headland. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-chinese-nursery/136/.
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Anonymous Chinese nursery rhymes. “My Boat.” Translated by Isaac Taylor Headland. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-chinese-nursery/136/.
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