(version 1)
I live like notable clocks' cuckoos
and do not envy birds in the woods.
The drive comes — and I cuckoo.
This doom what I execute,
I tell you,
can't wish but to foes to do.
(version 2)
I live like notable clocks' cuckoos
and do not envy birds in the woods.
The drive comes — and I cuckoo.
Yet I can not wish this doom,
I tell you,
but to my foes to do.
Я живу, как кукушка в часах,
Не завидую птицам в лесах.
Заведут — и кукую.
Знаешь, долю такую
Лишь врагу
Пожелать я могу.