This is the fourth in the series of poems on lowly creatures set to the Double Tune Celebrating the Sacred Dynasty. Like Dragonfly, this one seems to show a kind of admiration for the subject at the beginning, but true to the form it ends with disparaging lines.
| heliyen [螳螂] | Praying Mantis | |||
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| bi tuwaci, | To me, it looks | |||
| baturu kiyangkiyan, | heroic and intrepid. | |||
| tede sejen muheren, | It has a cart and wheels, | |||
| minde suhe arhacan, | I have an axe and halberd, | |||
| 5 | geli ai yadan. | still, it is not dismayed. | ||
| bai gūni, | Just think! | |||
| ergen hairakan, | Its strength is pitiable, | |||
| fahūn mekele amba, | its courage irrationally great, | |||
| beye umesi uyan, | its body very thin, | |||
| 10 | banin oilohon. | its appearance ridiculous. | ||
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