Living
Red Pepper Flower
Translated by Isaac Taylor Headland (1900) · From Chinese Mother Goose Rhymes (1900)
Living
A red pepper flower,
Ling, ling, ling,
Mama will listen
And baby will sing.
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Anonymous Chinese nursery rhymes. “Red Pepper Flower.” Translated by Isaac Taylor Headland. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-chinese-nursery/88/.
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Anonymous Chinese nursery rhymes. “Red Pepper Flower.” Translated by Isaac Taylor Headland. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-chinese-nursery/88/.
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