In yellow, hot Africa
In the centeral part,
Somehow, suddenly, unexpectedly,
An accident happened.

The elephant said, very truthfully:
- Now there’s going to be a flood!
And all because: a giraffe
Fell in love with an antelope.

Arose hubbub and barking...
Only the old parrot
Cried out loudly from the branches:
- The giraffe is tall, his point of view is better!

What the heck, what horn does she have -
Cried the giraffe lovingly, -
Nowadays all fauna
Have legal equality!

If my relatives
Aren’t happy with her,
Don’t expostulate on me,
I’ll leave the herd!

Arose hubbub and barking...
Only the old parrot
Cried out loudly from the branches:
- The giraffe is tall, his point of view is better!

Father Antelope
Why do you have such a son?
Who cares, - who gives a damn
What’s on his forehead it’s all the same.

And the Giraffe’s mother grumbles:
- Were you seeing that muttonhead?..
And left for the bisons
To live with the antelope’s giraffe.

Arose hubbub and barking...
Only the old parrot
Cried out loudly from the branches:
- The giraffe is tall, his point of view is better!

In yellow, hot Africa
There’s no idylls anymore,
Mr and Mrs Giraffe cry
Crocodile tears.

Only it doesn’t help the sadness,
There’s no law nowadays...
The giraffe’s daughter
Married a bison!

So what if the giraffe was wrong,
It’s not the giraffe’s fault,
But the one who cried from the branches:
- The giraffe is tall, his point of view is better!