mera badan gol-mol hai, safed hai powder ki tarah,
talaab main, main doob jaati hoon aur fir
ucHal aati hoon pahaD ki tarah,
haath jo muje ghoond raha hai baDa rookha aur kathor hai
lakin toD nahin sakta mera sachcha dil, laal-laal.
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Floating Sweet Dumpling
BY HO XUAN HUONG
TRANSLATED from the Chinese BY MARILYN CHIN
My body is powdery white and round
I sink and bob like a mountain in a pond
The hand that kneads me is hard and rough
You can't destroy my true red heart.
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