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| author [first name] | title | language | publication | id code | last modification | view |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Christian Morgenstern | * Der Werwolf | German | Arg-1652-825 | 2013-02-11 18:44 Manfred | only this add | |
| Sven Collberg | Varulven | Swedish | Arg-1654-825 | 2013-02-13 17:00 Manfred | only this add | |
| Alexander Gross | The Werewolf | English | Arg-1657-825 | 2013-02-13 18:39 Manfred | only this remove | |
| Hans Eiseneck | El Hechicero | hispana | Arg-1656-825 | 2013-02-13 18:46 Manfred | only this add | |
| 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 | |
| Bertilo Wennergren | La lupfantomo | Esperanto | Arg-1653-825 | 2013-02-14 23:29 Manfred | only this add |
Christian Morgenstern, | Christian Morgenstern, | |
| translated by Alexander Gross | translated by Max Knight | |
| A Werewolf, troubled by his name, | One night, a banshee slunk away | |
| Left wife and brood one night and came | from mate and child, and in the gloom | |
| To a hidden graveyard to enlist | went to a village teacher’s tomb, | |
| The aid of a long-dead philologist. | requesting him: “Inflect me, pray.” | |
| “Oh sage, wake up, please don’t berate me,” | The village teacher climbed up straight | |
| He howled sadly, “Just conjugate me.” | upon his grave stone with its plate | |
| The seer arose a bit unsteady | and to the apparition said | |
| Yawned twice, wheezed once, and then was ready. | who meekly knelt before the dead: | |
| “Well, ‘Werewolf’ is your plural past, | “The banSHEE, in the subject’s place; | |
| While ‘Waswolf’ is singularly cast: | the banHERS, the possessive case. | |
| There’s ‘Amwolf’ too, the present tense, | The banHER, next, is what they call | |
| And ‘Iswolf,’ ‘Arewolf’ in this same sense.” | objective case--and that is all.” | |
| “I know that--I’m no mental cripple-- | The banshee marveled at the cases | |
| The future form and participle | and writhed with pleasure, making faces, | |
| Are what I crave,” the beast replied. | but said: “You did not add, so far, | |
| The scholar paused--again he tried: | the plural to the singular!” | |
| “A ‘Will-be-wolf?’ It’s just too long: | The teacher, though, admitted then | |
| ‘Shall-be-wolf?’ ‘Has-been-wolf?’ Utterly wrong! | that this was not within his ken. | |
| Such words are wounds beyond all suture-- | “While bans are frequent”, he advised, | |
| I’m sorry, but you have no future.” | “A she cannot be plurized.” | |
| The Werewolf knew better--his sons still slept | The banshee, rising clammily, | |
| At home, and homewards now he crept, | wailed: “What about my family?” | |
| Happy, humble, without apology | Then, being not a learned creature, | |
| For such folly of philology. | said humbly “Thanks” and left the teacher. | |
| 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 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. |