They stifled their laughs...

Поэтический перевод произведения «Давился от смеха...»
автор исходника на русском языке – [Сах Ма]

They stifled their laughs at babooneries watching
And knocked themselves out, nothing able to say...
The droll, deep inside, efforts damningly notching,
Was waiting in pain for the people to pay.

By ghastly distress, all inside ’s impregnated.
And goaded he was, by a nerve of despair.
The crumpled-up hat was with dough saturated,
Though meager it was, with the bottom seen there.

It’s clear as day; end up this presentation.
And fees for the work didn’t answer his hopes.
Resentments within, rose as if revelation –
The fate crucified him, amusing the dopes.

He gave up his pride like a lamb’s immolation.
In circles of doom with the Sainthoods in shroud.
The bodily flaw did accept desecration –
He put it on view for the kicks of the crowd.

They rose in applause! And showed their committal,
That one can be heady with kind of success.
Except that they paid him unoften and little –
These folks watched for free, trying laughs to suppress...