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An interesting Chinese poem written by an 8 year-old Chinese girl
Recently, a Chinese girl wrote a poem to complain about her mother, which became popular is soon in favour on the Chinese internet.
She used simple Chinese words. So I want to upload it here and share with italki Chinese learners.
The English used here are of poetic style.
等我的身体也有了曲线
Wait until my body also becomes curvaceous
我就会是一个妈妈,
A mother I then shall be.
我会有一个小孩子,
A child I will have,
她一定要是女的。
A girl she shall be.
二
我要带她走遍全球,
To the wide world, I'll take her around,
问问十分了解日本的中国游客为什么日本那么小,
Asking Chinese tourists who know Japan well, "Why such a tiny place?"
再用英语问问英国人:你们这里的美食有哪些,
And then in English asking the Brits/English, "What delectable morsels you got there?"
我一定不老是骗她说:
I shan't lie to her,
“你现在还小,等你大一点了再说吧。”
"You're still so little, wait till you are older, continue we shall then."
三
我要给她买一只她最喜欢的宠物,
Her favorite pet I shall buy for her,
顺便也告诉她小狗为什么会汪汪叫,
At the same time, telling her why it goes bow wow-wow.
还要告诉她为什么小猫喜欢抓布,(当然,我得先知道这是为什么)
And then too that kittens go scratching on a cloth (Of course, the reason I need to figure out first)
我一定不对她说:
Certainly not, I say to her,
“我现在很忙,下次再去吧。”
"Too busy I'm now. Next time around we shall go."
四
我要问问她的梦想是什么,
I shall ask her of her dreams
如果她的梦想可以实现的话,
If realized they can be,
我一定会帮她实现她的梦想,
Their realization I shall aid.
不管有多困难。
No matter how difficult they may be.
五
你可别以为我说的都是谎话,
Take not my words as lies,
到时候,不骗你,
When the time comes, you know I lie you not
一定做个这样的妈妈。
A good mother I shall always be.
Here‘s my own tanslation and explanation for you to understand.(sorry for some probable grammatical mistakes.)
title:Until my body also has curves
first:
Until my body also has curves,
I will be a mother,
And I will also have a child,
she must be a girl.
second:
I will accompany her to travel the world,
and ask the chinese tourists, who know Japan very well, "why Japan is so small?",
then ask the British in English, "what kinds of delicious food do you have?",
I won't always cheat her,
"you are still so young, let's talk about it when you get older"
third:
I will buy her favourite pet for her,
Telling her why dogs bark "Wang wang",
And explaining to her why cats like to scratch cloth,(of course, I have to figure out why first)
I won't certainly say,
"I'm busy now, and we go next time."
fourth:
I will ask what's her dream,
if her dream can come true,
I'm about to spare no efforts to help her,
despite how difficult.
fifth:
Don't take it for granted that I'm kidding,
then, I promise,
I am to be a mother like this.
Isn't it interesting? lol ;-D Yes. Thanks for sharing.
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