Chinese Poetry WTF- "Lion-Eating Poet in the Stone Den"

[Daemon18553]

http://youtu.be/vExjnn_3ep4

This is a real Chinese poem from Yuen Ren Chao.

Transcript (traditional Chinese):
《施氏食獅史》
石室詩士施氏，嗜獅，誓食十獅。
氏時時適市視獅。
十時，適十獅適市。
是時，適施氏適市。
氏視是十獅，恃矢勢，使是十獅逝世。
氏拾是十獅屍，適石室。
石室濕，氏使侍拭石室。
石室拭，氏始試食是十獅。
食時，始識是十獅屍，實十石獅屍。
試釋是事。

Phonetically spelled:
« Shī Shì shí shī shǐ »
Shíshì shīshì Shī Shì, shì shī, shì shí shí shī.
Shì shíshí shì shì shì shī.
Shí shí, shì shí shī shì shì.
Shì shí, shì Shī Shì shì shì.
Shì shì shì shí shī, shì shǐ shì, shǐ shì shí shī shìshì.
Shì shí shì shí shī shī, shì shíshì.
Shíshì shī, Shì shǐ shì shì shíshì.
Shíshì shì, Shì shǐ shì shí shì shí shī.
Shí shí, shǐ shí shì shí shī, shí shí shí shī shī.
Shì shì shì shì.

Translation:
« Lion-Eating Poet in the Stone Den »
In a stone den was a poet called Shi, who was a lion addict, and had resolved to eat ten lions.
He often went to the market to look for lions.
At ten o'clock, ten lions had just arrived at the market.
At that time, Shi had just arrived at the market.
He saw those ten lions, and using his trusty arrows, caused the ten lions to die.
He brought the corpses of the ten lions to the stone den.
The stone den was damp. He asked his servants to wipe it.
After the stone den was wiped, he tried to eat those ten lions.
When he ate, he realized that these ten lions were in fact ten stone lion corpses.
Try to explain this matter.

Lolwut.

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[Mega-Bear]

Pretty much normal Asian culture.

[Daemon18553]

Pretty much normal Asian culture.

[Daemon18553]

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[aludane]

I now know how to say every word in the Chinese language.

Shi, shii, shíl, shi

[Mega-Bear]

Shi-Hao Shichickenshi

[Daemon18553]

In a stone den was a poet carred Shi, who was a rion addict, and had resorved to eat ten rions.
He often went to zah market to rook for rions.
At ten o'crock, ten rions had just arrived at zah market.
At zat time, Shi had just arrived at zah market.
He saw zose ten rions, and using his trusty arrows, caused zah ten rions to die.
He brought zah corpses of zah ten rions to zah stone den.
zah stone den was damp. He asked his servants to wipe it.
After zah stone den was wiped, he tried to eat zose ten rions.
When he ate, he rearized zat zahse ten rions were in fact ten stone rion corpses.
Try to exprain zis matter.

[Mega-Bear]

Haha

[DrenDran]

Well, that was intresting.

[IkeTheGeneric]

Phonetically spelled:
« Shī Shì shí shī shǐ »
Shíshì shīshì Shī Shì, shì shī, shì shí shí shī.
Shì shíshí shì shì shì shī.
Shí shí, shì shí shī shì shì.
Shì shí, shì Shī Shì shì shì.
Shì shì shì shí shī, shì shǐ shì, shǐ shì shí shī shìshì.
Shì shí shì shí shī shī, shì shíshì.
Shíshì shī, Shì shǐ shì shì shíshì.
Shíshì shì, Shì shǐ shì shí shì shí shī.
Shí shí, shǐ shí shì shí shī, shí shí shí shī shī.
Shì shì shì shì.

oh shìt son

[Daemon18553]

oh shìt son

[Daemon18553]

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[mawty]

was this the poem kahn used in king of the hill?? when Luanes boy freind died??

[Stocking]

was this the poem kahn used in king of the hill?? when Luanes boy freind died??

yeah

[JamestheLeet]

All round same