Living
Debtor
Translated by Isaac Taylor Headland (1900) · From Chinese Mother Goose Rhymes (1900)
Living
The magpie sells his bean-curd dear.
If you owe me,
Then you I would see
On just five days from the end of the year.
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Anonymous Chinese nursery rhymes. “Debtor.” Translated by Isaac Taylor Headland. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-chinese-nursery/53/.
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Anonymous Chinese nursery rhymes. “Debtor.” Translated by Isaac Taylor Headland. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-chinese-nursery/53/.
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