Living
The Rice Seller
Translated by Isaac Taylor Headland (1900) · From Chinese Mother Goose Rhymes (1900)
Living
Someone is knocking loud at the door,
The dog is making a great uproar;
Now I inquire, who can it be?
'Tis only a donkey-man I see,
Calling out at the top of his voice:
Here's the place to get your rice,
Coarse rice or fine,
Just to your mind,
Rice in the husk,
Or cleaned by the wind.
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Anonymous Chinese nursery rhymes. “The Rice Seller.” Translated by Isaac Taylor Headland. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-chinese-nursery/55/.
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Anonymous Chinese nursery rhymes. “The Rice Seller.” Translated by Isaac Taylor Headland. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-chinese-nursery/55/.
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