Wasps
by Ho Xuan Huong

Where are you wandering to, little fools
Come, big sister will teach you how to write verse
Itchy little wasps sucking rotting flowers
Horny baby lambkins butting gaps in the fence
Translated by Translated from the classical Chinese and Nôm by Marilyn Chin

From Volume 192, Number 1, April 2008

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