THE GAO FLOWER

I am the Gao flower high in a tree,

You are the grass Long Mai on the path-side.

When heat comes down after the dews of morning

The flower grows pale and tumbles on the grass,

The grass Long Mai that keeps the fallen Gao.

Folk who let their daughters grow

Without achieving a husband

Might easily forget to fence their garden,

Or let their radishes grow flower and rank