Who, or why, or which, or what, Is the Akond of SWAT?
Is he tall or short, or dark or fair?
Does he sit on a stool or a sofa or chair, or SQUAT?[6]
The Akond of Swat?
Is he wise or foolish, young or old?
Does he drink his soup and his coffee cold, or HOT,
The Akond of Swat?
Does he sing or whistle, jabber or talk,
And when riding abroad does he gallop or walk, or TROT,
The Akond of Swat?
Does he wear a turban, a fez, or a hat?
谁是斯沃特的阿康德，他这人究竟怎么样？
谁知道他是高还是矮，长得漂亮不漂亮？
他坐在板凳、沙发、还是椅子上，或者是蹲着？
这斯沃特的阿康德？
他的脑子好使吗，算年轻还是算年长？
他是否喝凉咖啡和冷汤，还是一定要喝热的，
这斯沃特的阿康德？
他能否唱歌或吹口哨，叽里呱啦谈不休，
当他骑马去国外，他一路狂奔还是慢悠悠，或者一路小跑着，
这斯沃特的阿康德？
他通常戴方巾、毡帽、还是戴礼帽？
Does he sleep on a mattress, a bed, or a mat, or a COT,
The Akond of Swat?
When he writes a copy in round-hand size,
Does he cross his T's and finish his I's with a DOT,
The Akond of Swat?
Can he write a letter concisely clear
Without a speck or a smudge or smear or BLOT,
The Akond of Swat?
Do his people like him extremely well?
Or do they, whenever they can, rebel, or PLOT,
At the Akond of Swat?
If he catches them then, either old or young,
Does he have them chopped in pieces or hung, or shot,
The Akond of Swat?
Do his people prig in the lanes or park?
Or even at times, when days are dark, GAROTTE?
O the Akond of Swat!
Does he study the wants of his own dominion?
Or doesn't he care for public opinion a JOT,
The Akond of Swat?
To amuse his mind do his people show him