King and Queen of the Pelicans we;
No other Birds so grand we see!
None but we have feet like fins!
With lovely leathery throats and chins!
Ploffskin, Pluffskin, Pelican jee!
We think no Birds so happy as we!
Plumpskin, Ploshkin, Pelican Jill!
We think so then, and we thought so still
我们是鹈鹕国王与王后；
我们在鸟王国中最优秀！
只有我们的脚掌像鱼鳍！
下巴连着喉咙像个皮兜！
嘎嘎，嘎嘎，我们是鹈鹕！
没其他的鸟儿比咱更幸福！
嘎嘎，嘎嘎，我们是鹈鹕！
全世界数我们鹈鹕最幸福！
We live on the Nile. The Nile we love.
By night we sleep on the cliffs above;
By day we fish, and at eve we stand
On long bare islands of yellow sand.
And when the sun sinks slowly down,
And the great rock walls grow dark and brown,
Where the purple river rolls fast and dim
And the Ivory Ibis starlike skim,
Wing to wing we dance around,
Stamping our feet with a flumpy sound,
Opening our mouths as Pelicans ought;
我们住在可爱的尼罗河畔。
夜晚睡在高耸的悬崖端；
白天我们捕鱼，而傍晚，
我们在金色的大沙滩上站。
当夕阳渐渐沉没在西方，
黑暗缓缓笼罩雄伟的石墙，
河流滚滚，泛着落霞的紫光，
朱鹭像流星一样展翅翱翔。
我们拍起了翅膀跳起舞来，
踏着整齐的节拍跳得多欢快；
这时候我们鹈鹕总爱把歌唱，
And this is the song we nightly snort,—
Ploffskin, Pluffskin, Pelican jee!
We think no Birds so happy as we!
Plumpskin, Ploshkin, Pelican jill!
We think so then, and we thought so still!
于是便张开嘴巴唱起来——
嘎嘎，嘎嘎，我们是鹈鹕！
没其他的鸟儿比咱更幸福！
嘎嘎，嘎嘎，我们是鹈鹕！