On the banks of a lake,
At the crow of a cock,
A landlord’s son is busy angling,
With an umbrella over his shoulder.
That son of the landlord: Oh,
He is a wizard of a cunning fox;
He’s merrily smooching away, there,
At the cheeks of Aunty Rosaline.
He is named Sebastian Henriques,
He spins away yarns to Mary,
With bait, hook, line and sinker,
He angles fine fish aplenty.
Translated from the Konkani by Olvinho Gomes