That unhappy Old Man in a boat.

 

There was a Young Lady of Portugal,

Whose ideas were excessively nautical (чьи идеи были чрезмерно, чересчур мореходными):

She climbed up a tree (взобралась на дерево),

To examine the sea (чтобы изучать /рассматривать/ море),

But declared she would never leave Portugal (но заявила, что она никогда не покинет Португалию).

 

There was a Young Lady of Portugal,

Whose ideas were excessively nautical:

She climbed up a tree,

To examine the sea,

But declared she would never leave Portugal.

 

There was an Old Man of Moldavia,

Who had the most curious behaviour (самое = крайне чудное /странное/ поведение);

For while he was able (ибо, пока он был способен),

He slept on a table (он спал на столе; sleep – спать).

That funny (смешной, забавный) Old Man of Moldavia.

 

There was an Old Man of Moldavia,

Who had the most curious behaviour;

For while he was able,

He slept on a table.

That funny Old Man of Moldavia.

 

There was an Old Man of Madras (город в Индии),

Who rode on a cream-coloured ass (ездил на ишаке кремового цвета; ride – ездить верхом);

But the length of its ears (но длина его /осла/ ушей),

So promoted his fears (так /сильно/ пробуждало, провоцировало, увеличивало: «продвигало» его /человека/ страхи),

That it killed (что это убило) that Old Man of Madras.

 

There was an Old Man of Madras,

Who rode on a cream-coloured ass;