I keep six honest serving-men
(They taught me all I knew);
Their names are What and Why and When
And How and Where and Who.
I send them over land and sea,
I send them east and west;
But after they have worked for me,
I give them all a rest.
I let them rest from nine till five,
For I am busy then,
As well as breakfast, lunch, and tea,
For they are hungry men.
But different folk have different views;
I know a person small-
She keeps ten million serving-men,
Who get no rest at all!
She sends'em abroad on her own affairs,
From the second she opens her eyes-
One million Hows, two million Wheres,
And seven million Whys!
The Elephant's Child
Четверка слуг есть у меня,
Я верил им не раз,
Их имена - ***ня, Брехня,
Пшолнах и Пидарас.
Всегда работу им найду
И шлю я их, дружок,
На север, запад, юг, в ****у,
А также на восток.
Даю им отдых часто я,
Но я - не эталон:
Одна знакомая моя
Имеет миллион
Бессменных слуг, чьих погонял
Упомню врядли я,
Лишь сотню тысяч Заебал
И двести тысяч Бля.