Version 1
| Chinese | Pinyin |
|---|---|
| 煮豆持作羹 | zhu3 dou4 chi2 zuo4 geng1 |
| 漉菽以為汁 | lu4 shu2 yi3 wei2 zhi4 |
| 萁在釜下燃 | qi2 zai4 fu3 xia4 ran2 |
| 豆在釜中泣 | dou4 zai4 fu3 zhong1 qi4 |
| 本自同根生 | ben3 zi4 tong2 gen1 sheng1 |
| 相煎何太急 | xiang1 jian1 he2 tai4 ji4 |
Boiling beans to make soup,
filtering them to extract juice.
The beanstalks were burnt under the cauldron,
and the beans in the cauldron wailed:
"We were originally grown from the same root;
Why should we hound each other to death with such impatience?"
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