Believe me, dear, you are more than fame to me,
Or should I say, I'm bored with inspiration :
For it impedes me, with its stir and agitation,
To take the air of love in silence and be free!
I give my heart to our cordial relation:
Disperse my dreams, my dear friend,
Caress me, do caress me, and
Subdue the muse and the rebellious affection!
О, верь: ты, нежная, дороже славы мне.
Скажу ль? мне иногда докучно вдохновенье:
Мешает мне его волненье
Дышать любовью в тишине!
Я сердце предаю сердечному союзу:
Приди, мечты мои рассей,
Ласкай, ласкай меня, о друг души моей!
И покори себе бунтующую музу.
«My sweet black midget gave me many pleasures / And was so good in worshipping my feet, / I trusted him my gold and other treasures / To keep them in my gilded chest so neat. But day has come, and he began to grow / And grew so big that broke my lady nest. / I kissed his feet, but all I he...»
«When partners can't agree / Their dealings come to naught / And trouble is their labor's only fruit. Once Crawfish, Swan and Pike / Set out to pull a loaded cart, / And all together settled in the traces; / They pulled with all their might, but still the cart refused to budge! / The loa...»
«A Rascal-Monkey / Donkey / Billy Goat / And klunky Bear / Set out to play a string Quartet. / They found some scores, viola, bass, two violins / And sat down in a lea beneath a linden tree / To charm the world with art. / They struck their strings, and sawed with all their heart. / ...»
«Along the streets Big Elephant was led, / To show him off, most likely. / Since Elephants are not a common thing to see / A crowd of gapers followed on his heels. / All of a sudden Pug springs up in front of them. / And seeing Elephant, it raises a great rumpus, / It lunges, barks and h...»