Чистый nonsense (сборник)

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N

N was a Nut that grew
High up upon a tree;
Papa, who could not reach it, said,
‘That's much too high for me!’

О

О был Орех, что рос
На ветке в вышине;
И, не достав, Папа сказал:
«Орешек не по мне!»

O

O was an Owl who flew
All in the dark away,
Papa said, ‘What an owl you are!
Why don't you fly by day?’

Ф

Ф – это Филин, он
Мелькнул во тьме; о нём
Папа сказал: «Ну вот ещё!
Летал бы лучше днём!»

P

P was a little Pig,
Went out to take a walk;
Papa he said, ‘If Piggy dead,
He'd all turn into Pork!’

С

С – поросёнок, Свин,
Тот, что гулял один;
Папа изрёк: «Настанет срок —
Свининой станет Свин!»

Q

Q was a Quince that hung
Upon a garden tree;
Papa he brought it with him home,
And ate it with his tea.

Г

Г – Груша, что росла
На ветке, на сучку;
Папа принёс её домой
И выпил с ней чайку.

R

R was a Railway Rug
Extremely large and warm;
Papa he wrapped it round his head,
In a most dreadful storm.

П

П – Плед, дорожный Плед;
Папа в него стократ
Главу укутывал свою
В метель, грозу и град.

S

S was Papa's new Stick,
Papa's new thumping Stick,
To thump extremely wicked boys,
Because it was so thick.

Т

Т – это Трость Папа,
Пригодна штука та
Мальчишек порченых учить —
Увесиста, толста.

T

T was a Tumbler full
Of Punch all hot and good;
Papa he drank it up, when in
The middle of a wood.

Х

Х – это Тодди Хот,
Горячий, горячащий;
Папа всю чашу вылил в рот,
Бредя лесною чащей.

U

U was a silver Urn,
Full of hot scalding water;
Papa said, 'If that Urn were mine,
I'd give it to my daughter!

Ч

Ч – это Чайник, он
Наполнен кипяточком;
Папа сказал: «Будь он моим —
Его отдал бы дочкам!»

V

V was a Villain; once
He stole a piece of beef.
Papa he said, ‘Oh, dreadful man!
That Villain is a Thief!’

Н

Н был Негодник; он
Кус мяса как-то спёр.
Папа сказал: «О, гнусный тип!
Негодник этот – Вор!»

W

W was a Watch of Gold:
It told the time of day,
So that Papa knew when to come,
And when to go away.

Ж

Ж – Жёлтые Часы:
Они Папа всегда
Подскажут, приходить когда
И уходить когда.

X

X was King Xerxes, whom
Papa much wished to know;
But this he could not do, because
Xerxes died long ago.

Ц

Ц – Царь персидский Ксеркс;
Папа что было сил
С ним познакомиться хотел,
Да Ксеркс давно почил.

Y

Y was a Youth, who kicked
And screamed and cried like mad;
Papa he said, ‘Your conduct is
Abominably bad!’

Ю

Ю – некий Юнош, он
Вопил и всех лягал;
Папа сказал: «Ведёшь себя
Как редкостный нахал!»

Z

Z was a Zebra striped
And streaked with lines of black;
Papa said once, he thought he'd like
A ride upon his back.

З

З – Зебра, зверь
Полосно-полосат;
Папа проехаться верхом
На зебре был бы рад.

From Posthumous Works, Letters & Diary Из посмертных изданий, писем и дневников

Dingle Bank

He lived at Dingle Bank – he did; —
    He lived at Dingle Bank;
And in his garden was one Quail,
    Four tulips, and a Tank;
And from his windows he could see
The otion and the River Dee.

His house stood on a Cliff, – it did,
    In aspic it was cool;
And many thousand little boys
    Resorted to his school,
Where if of progress they could boast
He gave them heaps of buttered toast.

But he grew rabid-wroth, he did,
    If they neglected books,
And dragged them to adjacent cliffs
    With beastly Button Hooks,
And there with fatuous glee he threw
Them down into the otion