Mungojerrie
Ja Rumpelteazer
On kurikuulsate kasside paar
Kaks klouni on nad
Komöödia-staarid
Köiel kõndijad
Ja akrobaadid

Teada-tuntud on me reputatsioon
Koduks meil Victoria Grove'i hoov
Meil kodused on kõik seikluspaigad,
kuid mujale viivad meid rännuseigad

Keldriaknast on läbi end hiivatud
ja näib, magamistoas on püherdand pätt,
Katus laastudest jäänud on kiilakaks,
sealt sadama hakanud vihmavett

Kui kõik sahtlid on lahti ja uksed eest,
leiad surnud hiire sa soki seest
Kui noorem tütar maigutab suud,
kesk lõunat ta pärlid on kadunud

Siis pere hüüab koos:
"On vast kelm kassimait!"
See oli Mungojerrie
Või Rumpleteazer
Ja siis üsna pea nende nurin jääb vait

Mungojerrie ja Rumpleteazer
on küll suuvärgi poolest geniaalne duett
Ja murdvargus-meistrid me oleme ka
Ja on trendikas iga me vargusetrett

Redupaik on Victoria Grove'i hoovis
Meil pole alalist professiooni
On tähtis, et tabaksid - kombekas, viks...
Hea politseihärraga sobiva tooni

Kui siis perekond tähistab pühi suuri
ja keegi ei plaani küll lahjutuskuuri
On silme ees praad, hõrk aedviljavorm
ja siis kokk ilmub, näol ilme nii morn
Ja kaigub siis kamber ta kaevete kajast:
"Homme on lootust, et valmib uus toit.
Kogu liha on kuhugi kadunud pajast!"

Hüüab perekond koos:
"On vast jälk kassimait!"
Oli see Mungojerrie
Või Rumpleteazer
Ja siis üsna pea, nende nurin jääb vait

Mungojerrie
Ja Rumpelteazer
Kiiduväärt koostöö küll liidab meid kahte
Sa mõnikord öelda võid: see oli õnn
Kuid kindel: see paar täide viib oma tahte

Me tuiskame majas kui tuulispask
Ja perekond madinas kaotab pea
Oli see Mungojerrie?
Või Rumpelteazer?
Või olid need mõlemad, mine sa tea?

Kui söögitoa seinas on üüratu auk
või kostub sahvrist kohutav pauk
või raamatukogust käib korraga — viuu!
Sest antiik-Hiina vaas laseb riiulilt liu

Hüüab perekond koos:
"Kumb neist oli see krants?"
Need olid Mungojerrie
Ja Rumpelteazer

Kuid nad midagi teha ei saa — asi ants!

Mungojerrie
And Rumpelteazer
Are a pair of notorious cats
They're two clowns
Comedy stars
Rope walkers
And acrobats

Well-known is our reputation
Our home is the court of Victoria Grove
All of our adventuring spots are homely to us
but our travel circumstances bring us elsewhere

Someone has been heaved through the cellar window
and it seems that a lowlife has wallowed in the bedroom
The roof has become bald of tiles,
rainwater has begun to fall from there

When all drawers are open and doors open,
you find a dead mouse inside your sock
When the younger daughter complains,
since mid-noon her pearls have been lost

Then the family shouts together:
"What a villanous cat-rascal!"
It was Mungojerrie
or Rumpleteazer
And soon after, their whining shuts up

Mungojerrie and Rumpleteazer
are, speech-wise, an ingenious duet
And we are also burglary masters
And all of our theft journeys are trendy

Our hiding place is in the court of Victoria Grove
We don't have a permanent profession
It's important, that you hit - well-mannered, jaunty...
A fitting tone with a good policeman

When the family celebrates grand holidays
and noone was planning a fasting treatment
Before their eyes a roast, delicious vegetable casserole
and then the cook appears, the expression on his face so somber
And then the chamber shakes from the echo of his complaints:
"There's hope, that by tomorrow new food will be ready.
All of the meat has disappeared somewhere from the pot!"

The family shouts together:
"What a disgusting cat-rascal!"
Was it Mungojerrie
Or Rumpelteazer
And soon after their whining shuts up

Mungojerrie
And Rumpelteazer
Commendable cooperation unites us two
Sometimes you can say: it was luck
But it's certain: this pair brings to life what they want

We scurry in the house like a tornado
And in the mess, the family loses their head
Was it Mungojerrie?
Or Rumpelteazer?
Or was it both, who knows?

If there's a gigantic hole in the wall of the dining room
or from the pantry echoes a terrible bang
or suddenly from the library comes a — woosh!
Because the antique-China vase slides down from the shelf

The family shouts together:
"Which one of them was that cur?"
They were Mungojerrie
And Rumpelteazer

But they can't do anything about it — that's all!

Mungojerrie
And Rumpelteazer
We're a notorious couple of cats
As knockabout clowns
Quick-change comedians
Tight-rope walkers
And acrobats

We have an extensive reputation
We make our home in Victoria Grove
This is merely our center of operation
For we are incurably given to rove

If the area window is found ajar
And the basement looks like a field of war
If a tile or two comes loose on the roof
Which presently fails to be waterproof

If the drawers are pulled out from the bedroom chest
And you can't find one of your winter vests
Or after supper one of the girls
Suddenly misses her Woolworth pearls

The family will say, 
"It's that horrible cat!
It was Mungojerrie
Or Rumpelteazer!"
And most of the time they leave it at that

Mungojerrie and Rumpelteazer 
Have a very unusual gift of the gab
We are highly efficient cat burglars as well
And remarkably smart at a smash and grab

We make our home in Victoria Grove
We have no regular occupation
We are plausible fellows who like to engage
A friendly policeman in conversation

When the family assembles for Sunday dinner
Their minds made up that they won't get thinner
On Argentine joint, potatoes and greens
Then the cook will appear from behind the scenes
And say in a voice that is broken with sorrow,
"I'm afraid you must wait and have dinner tomorrow!
For the joint has gone from the oven like that!"

The family will say, 
"It's that horrible cat!
It was Mungojerrie
Or Rumpelteazer!"
And most of the time they leave it at that

Mungojerrie 
And Rumpelteazer
Have a wonderful way of working together
And some of the time you would say it was luck
And some of the time you would say it was weather

We go through the house like a hurricane
And no sober person could take his oath
Was it Mungojerrie
Or Rumpelteazer?
Or could you have sworn that it mightn't be both?

And when you hear a dining room smash
Or up from the pantry there comes a loud crash
Or down from the library there comes a loud ping
From a vase which was commonly said to be Ming

Then the family will say: 
"Now which was which cat?
It was Mungojerrie
And Rumpelteazer!"

And there's nothing at all to be done about that!