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author [first name]	title	language	id code	last modification	view
Sven Collberg	Varulven	Swedish	Arg-1654-825	2013-02-13 17:00 Manfred	only this remove
Alexander Gross	The Werewolf	English	Arg-1657-825	2013-02-13 18:39 Manfred	only this remove
Max Knight	The Banshee (An Approach)	English	Arg-1660-825	2013-02-13 22:36 Manfred	only this remove
R. Platteau	Le loup-garou	French	Arg-1655-825	2013-02-13 21:56 Manfred	only this add
Bertilo Wennergren	La lupfantomo	Esperanto	Arg-1653-825	2013-02-14 23:29 Manfred	only this add
Hans Eiseneck	El Hechicero	hispana	Arg-1656-825	2013-02-13 18:46 Manfred	only this add
Christian Morgenstern	* Der Werwolf	German	Arg-1652-825	2013-02-11 18:44 Manfred	only this remove

Christian Morgenstern, The Banshee (An Approach)	Christian Morgenstern, The Werewolf	Christian Morgenstern, Der Werwolf	Christian Morgenstern, Varulven

translated by Max Knight	translated by Alexander Gross		translated by Sven Collberg

One night, a banshee slunk away	A Werewolf, troubled by his name,	Ein Werwolf eines Nachts entwich	En varulv lopp från fru m.m.
from mate and child, and in the gloom	Left wife and brood one night and came	von Weib und Kind und sich begab	en vacker afton samt begav
went to a village teacher’s tomb,	To a hidden graveyard to enlist	an eines Dorfschullehrers Grab	sig till en bymagisters grav
requesting him: “Inflect me, pray.”	The aid of a long-dead philologist.	und bat ihn: „Bitte, beuge mich!“	och bad: “Var snäll och konjugera.

The village teacher climbed up straight	“Oh sage, wake up, please don’t berate me,”	Der Dorfschulmeister stieg hinauf	mig!” Byskolläraren stod upp
upon his grave stone with its plate	He howled sadly, “Just conjugate me.”	auf seines Blechschilds Messingknauf	på blecknamnsskyltens mässingknopp
and to the apparition said	The seer arose a bit unsteady	und sprach zum Wolf, der seine Pfoten	med svar till den, som satt på pass
who meekly knelt before the dead:	Yawned twice, wheezed once, and then was ready.	geduldig kreuzte vor dem Toten:	med tåligt korslagd tass på tass.

“The banSHEE, in the subject’s place;	“Well, ‘Werewolf’ is your plural past,	„Der Werwolf“ – sprach der gute Mann,	“Jag var-ulv 1:a pers. i sing.,
the banHERS, the possessive case.	While ‘Waswolf’ is singularly cast:	„des Werwolfs, Genitiv sodann,	du, han, hon, den, det var-ulv. Så
The banHER, next, is what they call	There’s ‘Amwolf’ too, the present tense,	dem Werwolf, Dativ, wie man’s nennt,	vi voro-ulv, I voren. På
objective case--and that is all.”	And ‘Iswolf,’ ‘Arewolf’ in this same sense.”	den Werwolf, - damit hat’s ein End!“	de voro-ulv kom ingenting.”

The banshee marveled at the cases	“I know that--I’m no mental cripple--	Dem Werwolf schmeichelten die Fälle	Varulven myste glad åt hur
and writhed with pleasure, making faces,	The future form and participle	er rollte seine Augenbälle.	pers. hade följts av sing. och plur.
but said: “You did not add, so far,	Are what I crave,” the beast replied.	„Indessen“, bat er, „füge doch	“Fast”, bad han, “kan det inte ges ens
the plural to the singular!”	The scholar paused--again he tried:	zur Einzahl auch die Mehrzahl noch!“	en enda pers. i tempus presens?”

The teacher, though, admitted then	“A ‘Will-be-wolf?’ It’s just too long:	Der Dorfschullehrer aber musste	Bekänna måste vår magister,
that this was not within his ken.	‘Shall-be-wolf?’ ‘Has-been-wolf?’ Utterly wrong!	gestehn, dass er von ihr nichts wusste.	att därvidlag fanns vissa brister.
“While bans are frequent”, he advised,	Such words are wounds beyond all suture--	Zwar Wölfe gab’s in großer Schar,	En varulv sine imperfecto
“A she cannot be plurized.”	I’m sorry, but you have no future.”	doch „Wer“ gab’s nur im Sinular.	var contradictio in adjecto.

The banshee, rising clammily,	The Werewolf knew better--his sons still slept	Der Wolf erhob sich tränenblind –	Varulven satt med tårad lins.
wailed: “What about my family?”	At home, and homewards now he crept,	er hatte ja doch Weib und Kind!	Han visste att han fanns och finns.
Then, being not a learned creature,	Happy, humble, without apology	Doch da er keine Gelehrter eben,	Därtill kom också fru m.m.
said humbly “Thanks” and left the teacher.	For such folly of philology.	so schied er dankend und ergeben.	som även måste existera.

Translation of the German poem "Der Werwolf" by Christian Morgenstern (Kristiano Matenstelo, 1871-05-06 - †1914-03-31) into English by Max Knight (civila nomo: Max Kühnel, 1909-06-08 - †1993-08-31). Tiu ĉi angligo troviĝas en http://bertilow.com/literaturo/lupfantomo.html. Pri la tradukinto Max Knight vidu: http://www.jbeilharz.de/morgenstern/morgenstern_poems.html kaj 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.	Translation of the German poem "Der Werwolf" by Christian Morgenstern (Kristiano Matenstelo, *1871-05-06 - †1914-03-31) into English by Alexander Gross. Tiu ĉi angligo troviĝas en http://bertilow.com/literaturo/lupfantomo.html.	Author of this German poem is Christian Morgenstern (Kristiano Matenstelo, *1871-05-06 - †1914-03-31).	Translation of the German poem "Der Werwolf" by Christian Morgenstern (Kristiano Matenstelo, *1871-05-06 - †1914-03-31) into Swedish by Sven Collberg. Tiu ĉi francigo troviĝas ne la reterjo http://bertilow.com/literaturo/lupfantomo.html#sv.

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