\documentclass[11pt,a4paper]{article}
%\pagestyle{empty}
\usepackage{t1enc}
\usepackage{german}
\usepackage{ucs}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage[T1,T2A]{fontenc}
\usepackage{longtable}
\DeclareTextCompositeCommand{\^}{T1}{h}{h\llap{\^{}}}
\DeclareTextCompositeCommand{\^}{OT1}{h}{h\llap{\^{}}}

% \hyphenpenalty=10000
% \tolerance=1000
% \clubpenalty=10000
% \widowpenalty=10000
% \displaywidowpenalty=10000

\parskip2em
\parindent0em

%\addtolength{\textwidth}{2.5cm}
%\addtolength{\oddsidemargin}{-2cm}
\addtolength{\textwidth}{3.56cm}
\addtolength{\oddsidemargin}{-1.78cm}
\addtolength{\textheight}{2.8cm}
\addtolength{\topmargin}{-1.5cm}
\addtolength{\headsep}{-2mm}

% placeholder for geometry of the landscape version

\makeatletter
\newenvironment{my-verse}
               {\let\\\@centercr
                 \list{}{\itemsep    \z@
                        \itemindent   -1.5em%
                        \listparindent\itemindent
                        \rightmargin  0em
                        \advance\leftmargin -1em}%
                \item\relax}
               {\endlist}
\makeatother

\usepackage[T1]{url}
%\urlstyle{same}

\usepackage{fancyhdr}
\usepackage{lastpage}
\pagestyle{fancy}%fancyplain}
\renewcommand{\headrulewidth}{0pt}
\rhead{\thepage{}/\pageref{LastPage}}
\cfoot{\leftmark}

\usepackage{calc}

\begin{document}

\newlength{\columnI}
\setlength{\columnI}{\maxof{\maxof{\maxof{\maxof{\widthof{(A Werewolf, troubled by his name,)}}%
{\widthof{(Left wife and brood one night and came)}}}%
{\maxof{\widthof{(To a hidden graveyard to enlist)}}%
{\widthof{(The aid of a long-dead philologist.)}}}}%
{\maxof{\maxof{\maxof{\widthof{(“Oh sage, wake up, please don’t berate me,”)}}%
{\widthof{(He howled sadly, “Just conjugate me.”)}}}%
{\maxof{\widthof{(The seer arose a bit unsteady)}}%
{\widthof{(Yawned twice, wheezed once, and then was ready.)}}}}%
{\maxof{\maxof{\widthof{(“Well, ‘Werewolf’ is your plural past,)}}%
{\widthof{(While ‘Waswolf’ is singularly cast:)}}}%
{\maxof{\widthof{(There’s ‘Amwolf’ too, the present tense,)}}%
{\widthof{(And ‘Iswolf,’ ‘Arewolf’ in this same sense.”)}}}}}}%
{\maxof{\maxof{\maxof{\widthof{(“I know that--I’m no mental cripple--)}}%
{\widthof{(The future form and participle)}}}%
{\maxof{\widthof{(Are what I crave,” the beast replied.)}}%
{\widthof{(The scholar paused--again he tried:)}}}}%
{\maxof{\maxof{\maxof{\widthof{(“A ‘Will-be-wolf?’ It’s just too long:)}}%
{\widthof{(‘Shall-be-wolf?’ ‘Has-been-wolf?’ Utterly wrong!)}}}%
{\maxof{\widthof{(Such words are wounds beyond all suture--)}}%
{\widthof{(I’m sorry, but you have no future.”)}}}}%
{\maxof{\maxof{\widthof{(The Werewolf knew better--his sons still slept)}}%
{\widthof{(At home, and homewards now he crept,)}}}%
{\maxof{\widthof{(Happy, humble, without apology)}}%
{\widthof{(For such folly of philology.)}}}}}}}
\newlength{\columnII}
\setlength{\columnII}{\maxof{\maxof{\maxof{\maxof{\widthof{(En varulv lopp från fru m.m.)}}%
{\widthof{(en vacker afton samt begav)}}}%
{\maxof{\widthof{(sig till en bymagisters grav)}}%
{\widthof{(och bad: “Var snäll och konjugera.)}}}}%
{\maxof{\maxof{\maxof{\widthof{(mig!” Byskolläraren stod upp)}}%
{\widthof{(på blecknamnsskyltens mässingknopp)}}}%
{\maxof{\widthof{(med svar till den, som satt på pass)}}%
{\widthof{(med tåligt korslagd tass på tass.)}}}}%
{\maxof{\maxof{\widthof{(“Jag var-ulv 1:a pers. i sing.,)}}%
{\widthof{(du, han, hon, den, det var-ulv. Så)}}}%
{\maxof{\widthof{(vi voro-ulv, I voren. På)}}%
{\widthof{(de voro-ulv kom ingenting.”)}}}}}}%
{\maxof{\maxof{\maxof{\widthof{(Varulven myste glad åt hur)}}%
{\widthof{(pers. hade följts av sing. och plur.)}}}%
{\maxof{\widthof{(“Fast”, bad han, “kan det inte ges ens)}}%
{\widthof{(en enda pers. i tempus presens?”  )}}}}%
{\maxof{\maxof{\maxof{\widthof{(Bekänna måste vår magister,)}}%
{\widthof{(att därvidlag fanns vissa brister.)}}}%
{\maxof{\widthof{(En varulv sine imperfecto)}}%
{\widthof{(var contradictio in adjecto. )}}}}%
{\maxof{\maxof{\widthof{(Varulven satt med tårad lins.)}}%
{\widthof{(Han visste att han fanns och finns.)}}}%
{\maxof{\widthof{(Därtill kom också fru m.m.)}}%
{\widthof{(som även måste existera.)}}}}}}}
\newlength{\columnIII}
\setlength{\columnIII}{\maxof{\maxof{\maxof{\maxof{\widthof{(Jen lupfantom’ de famili’)}}%
{\widthof{(meznokte iam kuris for)}}}%
{\maxof{\widthof{(al tombo de la profesor’.)}}%
{\widthof{(kaj petis pri konjugaci’.)}}}}%
{\maxof{\maxof{\maxof{\widthof{(Do diktis tiu dokta ul’)}}%
{\widthof{(starante sur la kructabul’)}}}%
{\maxof{\widthof{(dum lup’ senmova kiel splinto)}}%
{\widthof{(atentis vortojn de l’ mortinto.)}}}}%
{\maxof{\maxof{\widthof{(De “lupfantomo”, simpla rekta,)}}%
{\widthof{(tra “lupfintomo”, plej perfekta,)}}}%
{\maxof{\widthof{(plu “lupfontomo”, iom rara,)}}%
{\widthof{(ĝis “lupfuntomo”, ho, koŝmara.)}}}}}}%
{\maxof{\maxof{\maxof{\widthof{(Ĉi participoj plaĉis multe)}}%
{\widthof{(al la fantomo, kaj rezulte)}}}%
{\maxof{\widthof{(ĝi petis:  “Legu plu el PIV-o)}}%
{\widthof{(pri participoj en pasivo.”)}}}}%
{\maxof{\maxof{\maxof{\widthof{(La viro ĉagreniĝis tamen:)}}%
{\widthof{(“Jam fermis mi per fin’ kaj amen,)}}}%
{\maxof{\widthof{(ĉar netransiraj bestoj feblas)}}%
{\widthof{(kaj la pasiv’ neniam eblas.”)}}}}%
{\maxof{\maxof{\widthof{(Sed lupfantomo pri transiro)}}%
{\widthof{(ja spertas pli ol eĉ vampiro.)}}}%
{\maxof{\widthof{(La lup’ revenis larmokula)}}%
{\widthof{(al sia famili’ ulula.)}}}}}}}
\newlength{\columnIV}
\setlength{\columnIV}{\maxof{\maxof{\maxof{\maxof{\widthof{(One night, a banshee slunk away)}}%
{\widthof{(from mate and child, and in the gloom)}}}%
{\maxof{\widthof{(went to a village teacher’s tomb,)}}%
{\widthof{(requesting him: “Inflect me, pray.”)}}}}%
{\maxof{\maxof{\maxof{\widthof{(The village teacher climbed up straight)}}%
{\widthof{(upon his grave stone with its plate)}}}%
{\maxof{\widthof{(and to the apparition said)}}%
{\widthof{(who meekly knelt before the dead:)}}}}%
{\maxof{\maxof{\widthof{(“The banSHEE, in the subject’s place;)}}%
{\widthof{(the banHERS, the possessive case.)}}}%
{\maxof{\widthof{(The banHER, next, is what they call)}}%
{\widthof{(objective case--and that is all.”)}}}}}}%
{\maxof{\maxof{\maxof{\widthof{(The banshee marveled at the cases)}}%
{\widthof{(and writhed with pleasure, making faces,)}}}%
{\maxof{\widthof{(but said: “You did not add, so far,)}}%
{\widthof{(the plural to the singular!”)}}}}%
{\maxof{\maxof{\maxof{\widthof{(The teacher, though, admitted then)}}%
{\widthof{(that this was not within his ken.)}}}%
{\maxof{\widthof{(“While bans are frequent”, he advised,)}}%
{\widthof{(“A she cannot be plurized.”)}}}}%
{\maxof{\maxof{\widthof{(The banshee, rising clammily,)}}%
{\widthof{(wailed: “What about my family?”)}}}%
{\maxof{\widthof{(Then, being not a learned creature,)}}%
{\widthof{(said humbly “Thanks” and left the teacher.)}}}}}}}
\newlength{\columnTotal}
\setlength{\columnTotal}{\columnI + \columnII + \columnIII + \columnIV}
\newlength{\tableTotal}
\setlength{\tableTotal}{\textwidth - 6\tabcolsep}

\urldef{\theurl}\url{http://www.poezio.net/version?poem-id=825&version-id=1657,1654,1653,1660}
\markboth{ \theurl }{}
\addcontentsline{toc}{subsection}{Christian Morgenstern, The Werewolf; Christian Morgenstern, Varulven; Christian Morgenstern, La lupfantomo; Christian Morgenstern, The Banshee (An Approach)}
\nopagebreak[1]
\begin{longtable}[c]{@{}p{\tableTotal*\ratio{\columnI}{\columnTotal}} p{\tableTotal*\ratio{\columnII}{\columnTotal}} p{\tableTotal*\ratio{\columnIII}{\columnTotal}} p{\tableTotal*\ratio{\columnIV}{\columnTotal}}@{}}
\endlastfoot\dots & \dots & \dots & \dots\endfoot

{\normalfont\large Christian Morgenstern,}
\vspace{2.4em}
&
{\normalfont\large Christian Morgenstern,}
\vspace{2.4em}
&
{\normalfont\large Christian Morgenstern,}
\vspace{2.4em}
&
{\normalfont\large Christian Morgenstern,}
\vspace{2.4em}
\\[-2em]

{\normalfont\LARGE The Werewolf}
\vspace{1.4em}
&
{\normalfont\LARGE Varulven}
\vspace{1.4em}
&
{\normalfont\LARGE La lupfantomo}
\vspace{1.4em}
&
{\normalfont\LARGE The Banshee (An Approach)}
\vspace{1.4em}
\\[-0.8em]
{\itshape tradukita de Alexander Gross}
&
{\itshape tradukita de Sven Collberg}
&
{\itshape tradukita de Bertilo Wennergren}
&
{\itshape tradukita de Max Knight}
\\


\\[-2em]

\begin{my-verse}
A Werewolf, troubled by his name,\\
Left wife and brood one night and came\\
To a hidden graveyard to enlist\\
The aid of a long-dead philologist.
\end{my-verse}
&
\begin{my-verse}
En varulv lopp från fru m.m.\\
en vacker afton samt begav\\
sig till en bymagisters grav\\
och bad: “Var snäll och konjugera.
\end{my-verse}
&
\begin{my-verse}
Jen lupfantom’ de famili’\\
meznokte iam kuris for\\
al tombo de la profesor’.\\
kaj petis pri konjugaci’.
\end{my-verse}
&
\begin{my-verse}
One night, a banshee slunk away\\
from mate and child, and in the gloom\\
went to a village teacher’s tomb,\\
requesting him: “Inflect me, pray.”
\end{my-verse}
\\[-2em]
\begin{my-verse}
“Oh sage, wake up, please don’t berate me,”\\
He howled sadly, “Just conjugate me.”\\
The seer arose a bit unsteady\\
Yawned twice, wheezed once, and then was ready.
\end{my-verse}
&
\begin{my-verse}
mig!” Byskolläraren stod upp\\
på blecknamnsskyltens mässingknopp\\
med svar till den, som satt på pass\\
med tåligt korslagd tass på tass.
\end{my-verse}
&
\begin{my-verse}
Do diktis tiu dokta ul’\\
starante sur la kructabul’\\
dum lup’ senmova kiel splinto\\
atentis vortojn de l’ mortinto.
\end{my-verse}
&
\begin{my-verse}
The village teacher climbed up straight\\
upon his grave stone with its plate\\
and to the apparition said\\
who meekly knelt before the dead:
\end{my-verse}
\\[-2em]
\begin{my-verse}
“Well, ‘Werewolf’ is your plural past,\\
While ‘Waswolf’ is singularly cast:\\
There’s ‘Amwolf’ too, the present tense,\\
And ‘Iswolf,’ ‘Arewolf’ in this same sense.”
\end{my-verse}
&
\begin{my-verse}
“Jag var-ulv 1:a pers. i sing.,\\
du, han, hon, den, det var-ulv. Så\\
vi voro-ulv, I voren. På\\
de voro-ulv kom ingenting.”
\end{my-verse}
&
\begin{my-verse}
De “lupfantomo”, simpla rekta,\\
tra “lupfintomo”, plej perfekta,\\
plu “lupfontomo”, iom rara,\\
ĝis “lupfuntomo”, ho, koŝmara.
\end{my-verse}
&
\begin{my-verse}
“The banSHEE, in the subject’s place;\\
the banHERS, the possessive case.\\
The banHER, next, is what they call\\
objective case--and that is all.”
\end{my-verse}
\\[-2em]
\begin{my-verse}
“I know that--I’m no mental cripple--\\
The future form and participle\\
Are what I crave,” the beast replied.\\
The scholar paused--again he tried:
\end{my-verse}
&
\begin{my-verse}
Varulven myste glad åt hur\\
pers. hade följts av sing. och plur.\\
“Fast”, bad han, “kan det inte ges ens\\
en enda pers. i tempus presens?”  
\end{my-verse}
&
\begin{my-verse}
Ĉi participoj plaĉis multe\\
al la fantomo, kaj rezulte\\
ĝi petis:  “Legu plu el PIV-o\\
pri participoj en pasivo.”
\end{my-verse}
&
\begin{my-verse}
The banshee marveled at the cases\\
and writhed with pleasure, making faces,\\
but said: “You did not add, so far,\\
the plural to the singular!”
\end{my-verse}
\\[-2em]
\begin{my-verse}
“A ‘Will-be-wolf?’ It’s just too long:\\
‘Shall-be-wolf?’ ‘Has-been-wolf?’ Utterly wrong!\\
Such words are wounds beyond all suture--\\
I’m sorry, but you have no future.”
\end{my-verse}
&
\begin{my-verse}
Bekänna måste vår magister,\\
att därvidlag fanns vissa brister.\\
En varulv sine imperfecto\\
var contradictio in adjecto. 
\end{my-verse}
&
\begin{my-verse}
La viro ĉagreniĝis tamen:\\
“Jam fermis mi per fin’ kaj amen,\\
ĉar netransiraj bestoj feblas\\
kaj la pasiv’ neniam eblas.”
\end{my-verse}
&
\begin{my-verse}
The teacher, though, admitted then\\
that this was not within his ken.\\
“While bans are frequent”, he advised,\\
“A she cannot be plurized.”
\end{my-verse}
\\[-2em]
\begin{my-verse}
The Werewolf knew better--his sons still slept\\
At home, and homewards now he crept,\\
Happy, humble, without apology\\
For such folly of philology.
\end{my-verse}
&
\begin{my-verse}
Varulven satt med tårad lins.\\
Han visste att han fanns och finns.\\
Därtill kom också fru m.m.\\
som även måste existera.
\end{my-verse}
&
\begin{my-verse}
Sed lupfantomo pri transiro\\
ja spertas pli ol eĉ vampiro.\\
La lup’ revenis larmokula\\
al sia famili’ ulula.
\end{my-verse}
&
\begin{my-verse}
The banshee, rising clammily,\\
wailed: “What about my family?”\\
Then, being not a learned creature,\\
said humbly “Thanks” and left the teacher.
\end{my-verse}
\\[0.4em]

{\itshape \small Traduko de la Germana
poemo ``Der Werwolf'' de {\scshape Christian
Morgenstern} (Kristiano Matenstelo,
$\ast$1871-05-06~--~$\dagger$1914-03-31)
en la Anglan de Alexander Gross.

\vspace{1em}
Arg-825-1657 (2013-02-13 18:39:45)

\vspace{1em}

Tiu ĉi angligo troviĝas en
\url{http://bertilow.com/literaturo/lupfantomo.html}.}
&
{\itshape \small Traduko de la Germana
poemo ``Der Werwolf'' de {\scshape Christian
Morgenstern} (Kristiano Matenstelo,
$\ast$1871-05-06~--~$\dagger$1914-03-31)
en la Svedan de Sven Collberg.

\vspace{1em}
Arg-825-1654 (2013-02-13 17:00:43)

\vspace{1em}

Tiu ĉi francigo troviĝas ne la reterjo
\url{http://bertilow.com/literaturo/lupfantomo.html#sv}.}
&
{\itshape \small Traduko de la Germana
poemo ``Der Werwolf'' de {\scshape Christian
Morgenstern} (Kristiano Matenstelo,
$\ast$1871-05-06~--~$\dagger$1914-03-31)
en Esperanton de Bertilo Wennergren.

\vspace{1em}
Arg-825-1653 (2013-02-14 23:29:47)

\vspace{1em}

Vidu la retejon
\url{http://bertilow.com/literaturo/lupfantomo.html}.}
&
{\itshape \small Traduko de la Germana
poemo ``Der Werwolf'' de {\scshape Christian
Morgenstern} (Kristiano Matenstelo,
$\ast$1871-05-06~--~$\dagger$1914-03-31)
en la Anglan de {\scshape Max Knight}
(civila nomo: Max Kühnel,
$\ast$1909-06-08~--~$\dagger$1993-08-31).

\vspace{1em}
Arg-825-1660 (2013-02-13 22:36:06)

\vspace{1em}

Tiu ĉi angligo troviĝas en
\url{http://bertilow.com/literaturo/lupfantomo.html}.
Pri la tradukinto Max Knight vidu:
\url{http://www.jbeilharz.de/morgenstern/morgenstern_poems.html}
kaj
\url{http://www.123people.de/ext/frm?ti=
ersonensuche%20telefonbuch&search_term=m
x%20k%C3%BChnel&search_country=DE&st=suc
e%20nach%20personen&target_url=aHR0cDovL
d3dy5saXRlcmF0dXJoYXVzLmF0L2luZGV4LnBocD9pZD02ODc4}.}
\\

\end{longtable}
\end{document}
