Yuan Mu: Where You See Water But No Rice, It Is Not Congee 袁枚 見水不見米 非粥也 見米不見水 非粥也 Poem by Frank Yue

From "The Sui Yuan Menu" Sub-Menu "Rice and Congee"
-by Yuan Mu (1716-1797)
-Translated by Frank C Yue

Where you see water but no rice,
It is not congee.
Where you see rice but no water,
It is not congee.
Water, rice should be homogenized;
Where one they are all,
And it's smooth and fine -
Only then, congee can this be call'd.


(2016.04.21)


《隨園食單》《飯粥單》 清. 袁枚

見水不見米，非粥也；
見米不見水，非粥也。
必使水米融洽，柔膩如一，而後謂之粥。