Carroll, Lewis: A homár négyes (The Lobster Quadrille Magyar nyelven)

"Will you walk a little faster?" said a whiting to a snail,

"There's a porpoise close behind us and he's standing on my tail."

See how eagerly the lobsters and the turtles all advance!

They are waiting on the shingle, Will you come and join the dance?

Will you, won't you, will you, won't you, will you join the dance?

Will you, won't you, will you, won't you, will you join the dance?

"You can really have no notion how delightful it will be,

When they take us up and throw us, with the lobsters, out to sea!"

But the snail replied "Too far, too far!" and gave a look a-skance.

Said he thanked the whiting kindly, but he would not join the dance.

Would not, could not, would not, could not, would not join the dance.

Would not, could not, would not, could not, would not join the dance.

"What matters it how far we go?" his scaly friend replied.

"There is another shore, you know, upon the other side.

The further off from England the nearer is to France,

Then turn not pale, beloved snail, but come and join the dance."

Will you, won't you, will you, won't you, will you join the dance?

Will you, won't you, will you, won't you, will you join the dance?

Édes Csiga, szedje lábát! Letiporja farkamat

- szól a Keszeg - az a Delfin, aki mögöttünk halad.

Lám, a Homár meg a Teknőc kinn vár már a fövenyen,

ugye, ön is táncol egyet mivelünk majd odalenn?

Nemde, ugye? Nemde, ugye? Ön is táncol odalenn?

Ugye, nemde? Ugye, nemde? Táncol kinn a fövenyen?

Fogalma sincs, milyen jó lesz, mihelyt egyszer kijutunk,

beleugrunk a tengerbe, fickándozunk, mulatunk!

Szól a Csiga: Nagy út kérem! Ferdén pislant szeme: nem!

Jólesik a meghívás, de nem táncol a fövenyen.

Ő ugyan nem, ő bizony nem, nem táncol a fövenyen,

ő bizony nem, ő ugyan nem, nem táncol ő odalenn!

Ej, lári-fári - így szól a pikkelyes barát -,

van közelebb part, hogyha kell, van föveny odaát.

Ha messzi tán a brit part, közel a francia,

sebaj, majd együtt járjuk, jöjjön, édes Csiga!

Ugye, nemde, nemde, ugye, nem marad már idelenn?

Ugye, nemde, nemde, ugye, táncol már a fövenyen?