Мать не забудет своих пташек
На дереве другом -
Посматривает вниз так часто
И с нежностью притом,
Как и когда гнездо с заботой
Опасное сплела -
"Воробушек" если "упал" бы,
"Заметила" б она.
Mama never forgets her birds,
Though in another tree—
She looks down just as often
And just as tenderly
As when her little mortal nest
With cunning care she wove—
If either of her "sparrows fall,"
She "notices," above.