Английский язык с Эдвардом Лиром. Книга бессмыслицы

Франк Илья

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There was an Old Man with a flute (с флейтой),

A sarpint ran into his boot (змий вполз в его ботинок; sarpint (устар.) =

serpent; run – бежать);

But he played day and night (играл день и ночь),

Till the sarpint took flight (обратился в бегство; take – брать),

And avoided (избегал) that man with a flute.

There was an Old Man with a flute,

A sarpint ran into his boot;

But he played daay and night,

Till the sarpint took flight,

And avoided that man with a flute.

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There was a Young Lady whose chin (чей

подбородок),

Resembled the point of a pin (напоминал кончик булавки);

So she had it made sharp (так что = поэтому она сделала его острым,

заострила),

And purchased a harp (приобрела арфу),

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And played several tunes (играла

несколько /целый ряд/ мелодий) with her

chin (своим подбородком).

There was a Young Lady whose chin,

Resembled the point of a pin;

So she had it made sharp,

And purchased a harp,

And played several tunes with her chin.

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There was an Old Man of Kilkenny (город в Северной Ирландии),

Who never had more than a penny (никогда не имел больше, чем пенни);

He spent all that money (потратил все те деньги),

In onions and honey (на лук и мёд),

That wayward (своенравный) Old Man of Kilkenny.

There was an Old Man of Kilkenny,

Who never had more than a penny;

He spent all that money,

In onions and honey,

That wayward Old Man of Kilkenny.

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There was an Old Person of Ischia (город в Италии),

Whose conduct grew friskier and friskier (поведение становилось все игривее,

резвее; grow – расти, увеличиваться; frisk – прыжок, скачок);

He danced hornpipes and jigs (танцевал хорнпайпы и джиги; hornpipe:

«рожковый свисток, дудка» – волынка; английский матросский танец),

And ate thousands of figs (ел тысячи фиг; eat – есть, кушать),

That lively (полный жизни, энергичный) Old Person of Ischia.

There was an Old Person of Ischia,

Whose conduct grew friskier and friskier;

He danced hornpipes and jigs,

And ate thousands of figs,

That lively Old Person of Ischia.

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There was an Old Man in a boat (в лодке),

Who said, 'I'm afloat (на плаву), I'm afloat!'

When they said, 'No! you ain't (ты не /на плаву/; ain't – сокр. от is not; are not;

has not; have not)!'

He was ready to faint (готов был упасть в обморок),

That unhappy (несчастный) Old Man in a boat.