Living
Pounding Rice
Translated by Isaac Taylor Headland (1900) · From Chinese Mother Goose Rhymes (1900)
Living
Pound, pound,
Pound the rice,
The pestle goes up and down so nice,
Open the pot,
The fire is hot,
And if you don't eat
I'll feed you rice.
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Anonymous Chinese nursery rhymes. “Pounding Rice.” Translated by Isaac Taylor Headland. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-chinese-nursery/79/.
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Anonymous Chinese nursery rhymes. “Pounding Rice.” Translated by Isaac Taylor Headland. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-chinese-nursery/79/.
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