<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=468995" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Three Wives Of A Mandarin</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Lawful wife.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">There is still some wine left in the chalice,<br>And the plate that’s served is nests of the swallows.<br>Since the birth of time, the legal spouse<br>Is respected by her mandarin-husband.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Concubine</div><div style="margin:10px 0">There is still some wine left in the chalice,<br>And the plate is served – duck: fat and heavy;<br>Should a mandarin be deprived of children - <br>Concubine is needed for a mandarin.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Maid</div><div style="margin:10px 0">There is still some wine left in the chalice,<br>And the plate is served - preserves and marmalade.<br>Why the two of you are in his house?<br>Every night a new woman he desires.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Mandarin</div><div style="margin:10px 0">There is no more wine left in the chalice,<br>And the plate that’s served is hot red pepper.<br>Silence! O you: bunch of silly blabbers,<br>Dare you laughing at the poor old mandarin.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Nikolai+Stepanovich+Gumilev">Nikolai Stepanovich Gumilev</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=468995" data-title="Three Wives Of A Mandarin de Nikolai Stepanovich Gumilev" data-description="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 ch..."></div> </div> </div>

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