種瓜黃台下，瓜熟子離離。
一摘使瓜好，再摘使瓜稀。
三摘猶自可，摘絕抱蔓歸。
The Yellow Terrace Cucumbers
Li Xian, Prince Zhang Huai of Tang (654-684)
Beneath the Yellow Terrace one grows cucumbers,
Coming of age they teem with a crop bumper,
Picking one off the whole cluster remains prosper,
Picking one more will make the bunch meager,
Another picking the whole crop may still be secure,
Picking all will leave only a heap of creepers.
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