Translation of the song A una nariz artist Francisco de Quevedo

Érase un hombre a una nariz pegado,

Once upon a man to a nose pasted,

Érase una nariz superlativa,

once upon a nose superlative,

Érase una alquitara medio viva,

once upon a half-alive alembic,

Érase un peje espada mal barbado;

once upon a sword-fish badly bearded.

Era un reloj de sol mal encarado.

It was a gnomon of sun ill-faced,

Érase un elefante boca arriba,

once upon an elephant face-up,

Érase una nariz sayón y escriba,

once upon a nose large-coat and scribe,

Un Ovidio Nasón mal narigado.

one Ovidius Naso badly nosed.

Érase el espolón de una galera,

Once upon the striker of a galley,

Érase una pirámide de Egito,

once upon an Egypt's pyramid,

Los doce tribus de narices era;

the twelve tribes of noses was it.

Érase un naricísimo infinito,

Once upon a very-nosy infinite,

Frisón archinariz, caratulera,

friesian archi-nose, cover-up,

Sabañón garrafal morado y frito.

humongous chilblain murrey and irk.