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 | <poem>
 In the flower grove, a bumblebee has entered;
-Humming, what does she mean to say?
+Humming, what is it she means to say?
-She merely wants the flowers' entire nectar,
+She simply wants the flower's entire nectar,
-Disregarding all else that may remain.
+Every little bit that yet remains.{{#tag:ref|The metaphor of this song is built on the [[:wikipedia:Bumblebee#Foraging_behaviour|foraging behavior of bumblebees]].|group="nb"}}
-What was hard to get, hidden by the blossom
+It was hard to get, concealed by the blossom
-Very carefully, very secretly,
+So very carefully, so very stealthily.
-Relentlessly that nectar she carries off,
+With one mind, she carried the nectar off;
-And with the taking makes known the story.
+And with the taking, that fact she revealed.
-thief of the pollen's sweet fragrance,
+Sweet fragrance there was and smeared with pollen—
-fragrance which has vanished
+With the removal of nectar went the scent;
-along with its rich nectarial source.
+And all the flower pollen covered her as she went.
-She has coated herself in thick fragrant pollen
+Thus coated from the theft, she reported the event.
-and, thus adorned, announces the news to all.
 </poem>
 |}