有个老头儿鼻子长,
他说:“要是你们都这样想,
认为我的鼻子长,那可实在太荒唐!”
好个有名的长鼻王。
There was an Old Man with a long nose,
Who said, "If you choose to suppose
That my nose is too long, you are certainly wrong!"
That remarkable Man with a long nose.有个老头儿站在礁石上,
他把妻子关进储物箱,
妻子说:“放我出去!”他说:“不可能,
盒子将是你的一生。”
There was an Old Man on some rocks,
Who shut his Wife up in a box:
When she said, "Let me out," he exclaimed, "Without
Doubt, You will pass all your life in that box."有个士麦那的年轻人,
被她的祖母威胁要把她烧死,
但是她抱着猫说:“祖母,烧吧!
你这个口是心非的士麦那妇人!”
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!"有个兰斯的老人,
总是噩梦缠身;
人们喂他吃蛋糕来保持清醒,
兰斯的老头真高兴。
There was an Old Person of Rheims,
Who was troubled with horrible dreams;
So to keep him awake they fed him with cake,
Which amused that Old Person of Rheims.有个老头住在山顶,
喜欢活动脚不停,
穿着祖母的礼服上下山,
这个老头真顽皮。
There was an Old Man on a hill,
Who seldom, if ever, stood still;
He ran up and down in his Grandmother''s gown,
Which adorned that Old Man on a hill.
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