by Lucila de María del Perpetuo Socorro Godoy Alcayaga (1889 - 1957), as Gabriela Mistral
Translation by Ovady Gertsovich Savich (1896 - 1967)

La manca
Language: Spanish (Español) 
Que mi dedito lo cogió una almeja,
y que la almeja se cayó en la arena,
y que la arena se la tragó el mar.
Y que del mar la pescó un ballenero
y el ballenero llegó a Gibraltar;
y que en Gibraltar cantan pescadores:
-"Novedad de tierra sacamos del mar,
novedad de un dedito de niña.
¿La que esté manca lo venga a buscar!"
Que me den un barco para ir a traerlo,
y para el barco me den capitán,
para el capitán que me den soldada,
y que por soldada pide la ciudad:
Marsella con torres y plazas y barcos
de todo el mundo la mejor ciudad,
que no será hermosa con una niñita
a la que robó su dedito el mar,
y los balleneros en pregones cantan
y están esperando sobre Gibraltar...

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Ustrica pal'chik moj otkusila
Language: Russian (Русский)  after the Spanish (Español) 
Ustrica pal'chik moj otkusila,
tut zhe ustalost' jejo podkosila,
i na pesok upala ona,
i podkhvatila jejo volna.
Vylovil v more jejo kitoboj
i v Gibraltar privez s soboj.
I rybaki pojut v Gibraltare:
«V more dalekom, vdali ot zemli,
devochkin pal'chik v more nashli,
kto poterjal, ishchi na bazare».
Dajte korabl' mne — pal'chik mne nuzhen:
na korable dolzhen byt' kapitan;
u kapitana — obed i uzhin,
mnogo matrosov i baraban.
V gorod Marsel' pojdet barabanshchik:
ploshchadi, bashni i korabli.
Pesnju o pal'ce pojot tam sharmanshchik:
«Devochkin pal'chik v more nashli.
Gore sluchitsja, Marsel', s toboju,
jesli ty ne vmeshajesh'sja tut.
Pesnju o pal'ce pojut kitoboi,
a v Gibraltare vse zhdut i zhdut...»

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