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47 要媳婦

要媳婦

年已二十五，
年已二十五
衣服破了沒人補，
衣服破了沒人補
要想有人補，
要想有人補

再活二十五。
再活二十五

人生七十古來稀，
人生七十古來稀
哪有五十再娶妻？
哪有五十再娶妻
彭公活了八百八，
彭公活了八百八

五十還是小娃 。
五十還是小娃哇

Asking for a Wife

Already twenty-five I am.
My clothes are tattered and there is no one to mend them.
If it’s someone to mend you want, twenty-five more you will wait.
But rare it is to live to seventy, and must I wait till fifty to marry?
Old Peng lived to eight hundred eighty, still a child he was at fifty.
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