THE CAKE SELLER
Isaac Taylor Headland translation
ROUND bean cakes with red spots bright,
The blind who eat them receive their sight;
They cure the deaf and heal the lame,
And preserve the teeth of the aged dame.
The bald who eat them grow a cue,
And the priest can read his bible through,
They help the Taoist a seat to take.
Their virtues are many—buy my cake.
The man who eats fears not his wife,
And the woman works better all her life.