Заєць
Заєць
The Rabbit
Children's Song
Children's Song
(Ukrainian)
(English)
Заєць спати захотів
Сам постелю постелив.
Сам приніс собі подушку,
Підмостив собі під вушко.
Але в зайця довге вушко-
Все звисає із подушки.
M. Cтельмах
The sleepy rabbit made his bed,
Fluffed his pillow, laid his head.
The rabbit quickly became upset,
For his ears were much too long,
And his pillow much too small,
For the rabbit to get any rest at all.
By M. Stelmach
Notes
Below are some other translations of "The Rabbit".
Here's a very literal one:
Rabbit wanted to sleep.
He made his bed.
He brought a pillow.
He cuddled the pillow under his ears.
But the rabbit had long ears,
They hang over the pillow.
Here's one more:
The sleepy rabbit made his bed
Fluffed his pillow, laid his head.
The rabbit knew something was wrong.
His ears! His ears were much too long,
And his pillow much too small.
The rabbit got no rest at all.
Thanks and Acknowledgements
Many thanks to Marijka Hayda for contributing The Rabbit and for the original translation.
Duzhe dyakuyu!
Дуже Дякую!