Cold are the Crabs
Cold are the crabs that crawl on yonder hills Colder the cucumbers that grow beneath, And colder still the brazen chops that wreathe The tedious gloom of philosophic pills! For when the tardy gloom of nectar fills The ample bowls of demons and of men, There lurks the feeble mouse, the homely hen, And there the porcupine with all her quills. Yet much remains -- to weave a solemn strain That lingering sadly -- slowly dies away, Daily departing with departing day. A pea green gamut on a distant plain Where wily walrusses in congress meet-- Such such is life-- Edward Lear versión castellana: Gélidos son los cangrejos que allá reptan por las colinas. Gélidos más aún los pepinos que maduran bajo tierra y todavía más gélidas resultan las descaradas chuletas ¡coronando el aburrimiento de filosóficas píldoras! Así, cuando el néctar llena con hollejo tardo anchas...
