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The rhyme is nong/nong/yong/pong/pong; tonal patterns are maintained except for the final couplet. Parallel expression is clear.
The lazy wife next door likes to sleep all day.
She knows nothing of silkworm culture; how could she farm?
The loom lies idle; three days for a foot of hemp.
She hates pounding rice; a scoop takes half a day.
All autumn she talks about ironing her brother-in-law’s clothes.
Winter’s gone and she’s still talking about sewing mother-in-law’s thick stockings.
With her tangled hair and dirty face, she looks like a phantom.
The family regrets ever getting involved with her.