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

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

	translated by Alexander Gross	translated by Bertilo Wennergren	translated by Max Knight

Ein Werwolf eines Nachts entwich	A Werewolf, troubled by his name,	Jen lupfantom’ de famili’	One night, a banshee slunk away
von Weib und Kind und sich begab	Left wife and brood one night and came	meznokte iam kuris for	from mate and child, and in the gloom
an eines Dorfschullehrers Grab	To a hidden graveyard to enlist	al tombo de la profesor’.	went to a village teacher’s tomb,
und bat ihn: „Bitte, beuge mich!“	The aid of a long-dead philologist.	kaj petis pri konjugaci’.	requesting him: “Inflect me, pray.”

Der Dorfschulmeister stieg hinauf	“Oh sage, wake up, please don’t berate me,”	Do diktis tiu dokta ul’	The village teacher climbed up straight
auf seines Blechschilds Messingknauf	He howled sadly, “Just conjugate me.”	starante sur la kructabul’	upon his grave stone with its plate
und sprach zum Wolf, der seine Pfoten	The seer arose a bit unsteady	dum lup’ senmova kiel splinto	and to the apparition said
geduldig kreuzte vor dem Toten:	Yawned twice, wheezed once, and then was ready.	atentis vortojn de l’ mortinto.	who meekly knelt before the dead:

„Der Werwolf“ – sprach der gute Mann,	“Well, ‘Werewolf’ is your plural past,	De “lupfantomo”, simpla rekta,	“The banSHEE, in the subject’s place;
„des Werwolfs, Genitiv sodann,	While ‘Waswolf’ is singularly cast:	tra “lupfintomo”, plej perfekta,	the banHERS, the possessive case.
dem Werwolf, Dativ, wie man’s nennt,	There’s ‘Amwolf’ too, the present tense,	plu “lupfontomo”, iom rara,	The banHER, next, is what they call
den Werwolf, - damit hat’s ein End!“	And ‘Iswolf,’ ‘Arewolf’ in this same sense.”	ĝis “lupfuntomo”, ho, koŝmara.	objective case--and that is all.”

Dem Werwolf schmeichelten die Fälle	“I know that--I’m no mental cripple--	Ĉi participoj plaĉis multe	The banshee marveled at the cases
er rollte seine Augenbälle.	The future form and participle	al la fantomo, kaj rezulte	and writhed with pleasure, making faces,
„Indessen“, bat er, „füge doch	Are what I crave,” the beast replied.	ĝi petis: “Legu plu el PIV-o	but said: “You did not add, so far,
zur Einzahl auch die Mehrzahl noch!“	The scholar paused--again he tried:	pri participoj en pasivo.”	the plural to the singular!”

Der Dorfschullehrer aber musste	“A ‘Will-be-wolf?’ It’s just too long:	La viro ĉagreniĝis tamen:	The teacher, though, admitted then
gestehn, dass er von ihr nichts wusste.	‘Shall-be-wolf?’ ‘Has-been-wolf?’ Utterly wrong!	“Jam fermis mi per fin’ kaj amen,	that this was not within his ken.
Zwar Wölfe gab’s in großer Schar,	Such words are wounds beyond all suture--	ĉar netransiraj bestoj feblas	“While bans are frequent”, he advised,
doch „Wer“ gab’s nur im Sinular.	I’m sorry, but you have no future.”	kaj la pasiv’ neniam eblas.”	“A she cannot be plurized.”

Der Wolf erhob sich tränenblind –	The Werewolf knew better--his sons still slept	Sed lupfantomo pri transiro	The banshee, rising clammily,
er hatte ja doch Weib und Kind!	At home, and homewards now he crept,	ja spertas pli ol eĉ vampiro.	wailed: “What about my family?”
Doch da er keine Gelehrter eben,	Happy, humble, without apology	La lup’ revenis larmokula	Then, being not a learned creature,
so schied er dankend und ergeben.	For such folly of philology.	al sia famili’ ulula.	said humbly “Thanks” and left the teacher.

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 English by Alexander Gross. Tiu ĉi angligo troviĝas en http://bertilow.com/literaturo/lupfantomo.html.	Translation of the German poem "Der Werwolf" by Christian Morgenstern (Kristiano Matenstelo, *1871-05-06 - †1914-03-31) into Esperanto by Bertilo Wennergren. Vidu la retejon http://bertilow.com/literaturo/lupfantomo.html.	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.

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La lupfantomo

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