Bai Juyi: Upon Ponds: Two Poems: No. 2

 

Upon Ponds: Two Poems: No. 2

 

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小 娃 撑 小 艇
偷 采 白 连 回。
不 解 藏 踪 迹
浮 萍 一 道 开。
Chi Shang: Er Jue

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Xiao wa cheng xiao ting
Tou cai bai lian hui.
Bu jie cang zong ji
Fu ping yi dao kai.

 

Upon Ponds: Two Poems: No. 2

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Small children propped up inside a small boat
They return after secretly picking the white lotus.
Did not hide their thefts by putting the plants back were they were
Pathway through the duckweed opened up upon the surface.