Mademoiselle Proem Is Singing

Little, little, little gecko,

Why do you hold your head like that?

What are you looking, looking at?

Could it be my bowl of angel hair?

Don't get your hopes up, little gecko.

I've a cleaver here—beware!

Little, little, little gecko,

With villainous face and shifty eye—

Now, see he dives into your knickers

And everyone comes running on the fly

To see a gecko in his knickers

Who hasn't paid the proper price—

That isn't nice!

Love on Cowback by Hak Chhay Hok, English translation by Nic Bozanic