All the birds in the air (в воздухе)
Are welcome (вправе, могут = я радушно приглашаю) to sit on my bonnet!'
There was a Young Lady whose bonnet,
Came untied when the birds sate upon it;
But she said: 'I don't care!
All the birds in the air
Are welcome to sit on my bonnet!'
6
There was a Young Person of Smyrna (молодая особа из Смирны),
Whose Grandmother threatened to burn her (чья бабушка грозилась сжечь ее);
But she seized on the cat (но она ухватилась за кота,
And said, 'Granny (бабушка, бабуля), burn that (сожги то = его)!
You incongruous Old Woman (нелепая старая женщина) of Smyrna!'
There was a Young Person of Smyrna,
Whose Grandmother threatened to burn her;
But she seized on the cat,
And said, 'Granny, burn that!
You incongruous Old Woman of Smyrna!'
7
There was an Old Person of Chili,
Whose conduct was painful and silly (чье поведение было мучительным
/неприятным, тягостным/ и глупым),
He sate on the stairs (он сидел на ступенях),
Eating apples and pears (поедая яблоки и груши),
That imprudent (безрассудный) Old Person of Chili.
3
There was an Old Person of Chili,
Whose conduct was painful and silly,
He sate on the stairs,
Eating apples and pears,
That imprudent Old Person of Chili.
8
There was an Old Man with a gong (с гонгом),
Who bumped at it all day long (ударял по нему весь день);
But they called out (но они /люди, кто-то/ закричали), 'O law (О, силы:
«закон»)!
You're a horrid old bore (ужасный /противный/ старый зануда)!'
So they smashed (и потому они разбили /в лепешку, вдребезги/) that Old Man
with a gong.
There was an Old Man with a gong,
Who bumped at it all day long;
But they called out, 'O law!
You're a horrid old bore!'
So they smashed that Old Man with a gong.
9
There was an Old Lady of Chertsey,
Who made a remarkable curtsey (которая сделала удивительный:
«примечательный» реверанс);
She twirled round and round (завертелась вокруг и вокруг),
Till she sunk underground ([до тех пор] пока [не] погрузилась под землю;
Which distressed all the people (что /крайне/ огорчило всех людей) of
Chertsey.
There was an Old Lady of Chertsey,
Who made a remarkable curtsey;
She twirled round and round,
Till she sunk underground,