What have they for me

Date-flowers fall in showers on my hooded head.
At both ends of the village wheels are spinning thread.
A straw-cloaked man sells cucumber beneath a willow tree.

Wine-drowsy when the road is long, I yawn for bed.
Throat parched when sun is high, I long for tea.
I'll knock on this door. What have they for me?

Su Dongpo, Song Dynasty




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