施氏食獅史
Story of Shi Eating the Lions
shī shì shí shī shǐ

石室詩士施氏,
A poet named Shi lived in a stone room,
shí shì shī shì shī shì

嗜獅, 誓食十獅
fond of lions, he swore that he would eat ten lions
shì shī, shì shí shí shī

氏時時適市視獅
He constantly went to the market to look for ten lions
shì shí shí shì shì shì shī

十時, 適十獅適市
At ten o'clock, ten lions came to the market
shí shí, shì shí shī shì shì.

是時, 適施氏適是市
and Shi went to the market
shì shí, shì shī shì shì shì shì

氏視是十獅, 恃矢勢,
Looking at the ten lions, he relied on his arrows
shì shì shì shí shī, shì shǐ shì

使是十獅逝世
to cause the ten lions to pass away
shǐ shì shí shī shì shì

氏拾是十獅屍, 適石室
Shi picked up the corpses of the ten lions and took them to his stone room
shì shí shì shí shī shī, shì shí shì

石室濕, 氏使侍拭石室
The stone room was damp. Shi ordered a servant to wipe the stone room
shí shì shī, shì shǐ shì shì shí shì

石室拭, 氏始試食十獅屍
As the stone den was being wiped, Shi began to try to eat the meat of the ten lions
shí shì shì, shì shǐ shì shí shí shī shī

食時, 始識十獅屍,
At the time of the meal, he began to realize that the ten lion corpses
shí shí, shǐ shì shì shí shī shī

實十石獅屍
were in fact were ten stone lions
shí shí shí shī shī

試釋是事
Try to explain this matter
shì shì shì shì