# Pekinese Rhymes/2

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上軲轆台 下軲轆台 張家媽媽倒茶來
茶也香 酒也香
十八個駱駝駝衣裳 駝不動 呌麻愣 麻愣含着一口水 噴了小姐花褲腿 小姐小姐你別惱 明兒後兒車來到 甚麽車 紅轂轆轎車白馬拉 裏頭坐着個俏人家 灰鼠皮襖銀鼠褂 對子荷包小針兒扎 解南來了個二等轄 把着車門兒問阿煞 阿煞阿煞你上哪兒去 我到南邊兒瞧親家 瞧完了親家到我家 我家現成兒的老米飯 達子餑餑就奶茶 安南檳榔夾四瓣兒 硌你這個厭物兒的老包牙
NOTES
軲轆台 ku$^1$ lu$^1$ t'ai$^2$, a rounded stone placed Some times outside the outerdoors to sit on. 麻愣 ma$^2$-leng$^4$ is the dragon fly (libellula virgo); it ought ​to be correctly written 螞螂 and pronounced ma$^1$-lang$^2$, I have however preferred the more popular and incorrect form as the sounds and the tones of the characters correspond to the Pekinese pronunciation, and the correct form is popularly unknown. 含 着 hen$^2$-cho, holding something in the mouth without showing it. The correct pronunciation of the character 含 is han$^2$, as it is also pronounced in vulgar phrases as for instance 暗含着 an$^4$ han$^2$ cho, hiddenly, without showing, said sometimes of a meaning hidden in words which pretend not to say anything. 褲腿 k'u$^4$ t'uei$^3$, cloth-bands wrapped around the ankles of ladies with small feet. 轎車 chiao$^4$ ch'o$^1$， sort of cart longer than the ordinary one, used only by the upper mandarin classes. 悄人家 ch'iao$^4$ jen$^2$ chia$^1$, a beautiful woman. 灰鼠 huei$^1$-shu$^3$, the grey squirrel. 皮澳 p'i$^2$-ao$^3$, chinese overcoat lined with fur. 銀鼠 yin$^2$-shu$^3$, the white squirrel. 對子 tuei$^4$-tzu, a pair; the numeral ― one is wanting. 荷包 ho$^2$-pao$^1$， a small side-pouch in which the chinese keep banknotes, or even betel-nuts. 小針兒 hsiao$^3$-chen$^1$-eur, a small needle used by women to work flowers on a cloth. This working different from the embroidery is called 扎 cha$^1$. 轄 hsia$^1$, the character ought to be pronounced in the second tone, but here is pronounced in the first because it is only used to represent the Manchu word hiya meaning a body-guard of the sovereign; this word is very often used in Peking instead of the Chinese equivalent 侍衞 shih$^4$-wei$^4$. 阿煞 a$^4$-sha$^1$， two ​characters which represent the Manchu word asha meaning one's elder brother's wife, and is used in the same complimentary way and in the same meaning as the chinese 嫂子 sao$^3$-tzŭ. 達子餑餑 ta$^2$-tzŭ puo$^1$- puo$^1$， tartar-cakes many of which keep yet their old Manchu names, and are largely used in Peking. 奶茶 nai$^3$-ch'a$^2$, "milk-tea". 安南檳榔 an$^1$-nan$^2$-ping$^1$-lang$^2$， Annamite betel-nuts. 夾四瓣兒 chia$^1$-ssu$^4$-pan$^4$'r， which are cut in four pieces. 硌 ko$^4$ character not mentioned in any dictionary ； it means to stick in the teeth, and also to hinder, to hurt. 厭物兒 yen$^4$ u$^4$'r， despising term for a person who disgusts people; it could be translated "you worrying thing!" 包牙 pao$^1$ ya$^2$, it is said of the front teeth when they protrude under the upper lip.
TRANSLATION
Goes up the sitting-stone ― comes down from the sitting stone (!). The old lady Chang comes to pour tea ― the tea is fragrant ― the wine is fragrant ― ten camels are loaden with clothes ― they are unable to move on ― and they call the dragon-fly ― the dragon fly-with the mouth full of water ― spurts the young lady's figured ankle-bands ― young lady, young lady do not get cross ― to-morrow or after to-morrow the cart shall arrive ― what cart? ― a chair-cart with red wheels, drawn by a white horse ― and inside there sits a beautiful woman ― who wears an over coat lined with grey squirrel ​fur and a jacket lined with ermine fur ― and has with her a pair of side-pouches with flowers worked on it by the small needle ― then, comes from the south direction an Imperial body-guard of the second class ― who leaning to the cart-door asks his sister-in-law ― sister-in-law, sister-in law, where do you go? ― "I am going towards South to pay a visit to my family" ― "When you have already paid a visit to your family, come to my house. ― I have at home ready-cooked old rice ― tartar cakes and tea milk ― but the Annamite betel-nuts cut in four pieces ― shall break the protruding old front teeth of you worrying thing!"