Lawful wife.
There is still some wine left in the chalice,
And the plate that-s served is nests of the swallows.
Since the birth of time, the legal spouse
Is respected by her mandarin-husband.
Concubine
There is still some wine left in the chalice,
And the plate is served - duck: fat and heavy;
Should a mandarin be deprived of children -
Concubine is needed for a mandarin.
Maid
There is still some wine left in the chalice,
And the plate is served - preserves and marmalade.
Why the two of you are in his house?
Every night a new woman he desires.
Mandarin
There is no more wine left in the chalice,
And the plate that-s served is hot red pepper.
Silence! O you: bunch of silly blabbers,
Dare you laughing at the poor old mandarin.
Three Wives Of A Mandarin
Nikolai Stepanovich Gumilev
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Poem topics: birth, children, house, husband, night, poor, red, silence, time, wife, woman, heavy, I love you, I miss you, Print This Poem , Rhyme Scheme
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