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Edward Lear	trans. Daniel Samoilovich
There was an Old Man who said: "Hush! I perceive a young bird in this bush!" When they said: "Is it small?" He replied: "Not at all! It is four times as big as the bush!"	Aquel anciano dijo: "¡Justo ahora viene a meterse un pájaro en la mora!" Preguntaron: "¿Diminuto?" Respondió: "En absoluto. Cuatro veces más grande que la mora!"

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.

Había una joven dama en Portugal a la que los barcos la tenían mal: subióse a un pomar para ver el mar mas dijo: "No pienso dejar Portugal".

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There was an Old Person of Tring, Who embellished his nose with a ring; He gazed at the moon, Every evening in June, That ecstatic Old Person of Tring.

Había una vez un viejo en Biarritz que con un anillo ornaba su nariz. Miraba el plenilunio cada noche de junio ese extático viejo en Biarritz.

Trans. Copyright © Daniel Samoilovich 2002

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