Жил-был дедушка при бороде,
Всем вещал о своей он беде:
«Две совы да тетёрка,
Жаворонков пятёрка
В бородёнке сидят на гнезде!»
There was an Old Man with a beard,
Who said, 'It is just as I feared!
Two Owls and a Hen,
Four Larks and a Wren,
Have all built their nests in my beard!'
© Edward Lear, text, picture