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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 add
R. Platteau	Le loup-garou	French	Arg-1655-825	2013-02-13 21:56 Manfred	only this remove
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, The Banshee (An Approach)	Christian Morgenstern, Der Werwolf	Christian Morgenstern, Le loup-garou	Christian Morgenstern, The Werewolf

translated by Max Knight		translated by R. Platteau	translated by Alexander Gross

One night, a banshee slunk away	Ein Werwolf eines Nachts entwich	Un loup-garou, une certaine nuit,	A Werewolf, troubled by his name,
from mate and child, and in the gloom	von Weib und Kind und sich begab	Laissa sa moitié et puis se rendit	Left wife and brood one night and came
went to a village teacher’s tomb,	an eines Dorfschullehrers Grab	Auprès de la tombe d’un maître d’école	To a hidden graveyard to enlist
requesting him: “Inflect me, pray.”	und bat ihn: „Bitte, beuge mich!“	Et lui dit, “ sur moi dis tout, c’est ton rôle ! ”	The aid of a long-dead philologist.

The village teacher climbed up straight	Der Dorfschulmeister stieg hinauf	Un loup-garou, une certaine nuit,	“Oh sage, wake up, please don’t berate me,”
upon his grave stone with its plate	auf seines Blechschilds Messingknauf	Laissa sa moitié et puis se rendit	He howled sadly, “Just conjugate me.”
and to the apparition said	und sprach zum Wolf, der seine Pfoten	Auprès de la tombe d’un maître d’école	The seer arose a bit unsteady
who meekly knelt before the dead:	geduldig kreuzte vor dem Toten:	Et lui dit, “ sur moi dis tout, c’est ton rôle ! ”	Yawned twice, wheezed once, and then was ready.

“The banSHEE, in the subject’s place;	„Der Werwolf“ – sprach der gute Mann,	“ - On peut à ton sujet puisque nous y sommes	“Well, ‘Werewolf’ is your plural past,
the banHERS, the possessive case.	„des Werwolfs, Genitiv sodann,	Se demander encor bien des choses en somme.	While ‘Waswolf’ is singularly cast:
The banHER, next, is what they call	dem Werwolf, Dativ, wie man’s nennt,	Loup-garoù ? mais avant	There’s ‘Amwolf’ too, the present tense,
objective case--and that is all.”	den Werwolf, - damit hat’s ein End!“	Il faut se dire : loup-garquand ?	And ‘Iswolf,’ ‘Arewolf’ in this same sense.”

The banshee marveled at the cases	Dem Werwolf schmeichelten die Fälle	Loup-garcomment ? et puis	“I know that--I’m no mental cripple--
and writhed with pleasure, making faces,	er rollte seine Augenbälle.	Bien évidemment loup-garqui ? ”	The future form and participle
but said: “You did not add, so far,	„Indessen“, bat er, „füge doch	Toutes ces questions semblèrent au loup bien absconses,	Are what I crave,” the beast replied.
the plural to the singular!”	zur Einzahl auch die Mehrzahl noch!“	Car en fait ce qu’il voulait c’était les réponses.	The scholar paused--again he tried:

The teacher, though, admitted then	Der Dorfschullehrer aber musste	“ - Point de réponses, dit le puits de savoir,	“A ‘Will-be-wolf?’ It’s just too long:
that this was not within his ken.	gestehn, dass er von ihr nichts wusste.	Etre imaginaire, nul ne peut te voir ! ”	‘Shall-be-wolf?’ ‘Has-been-wolf?’ Utterly wrong!
“While bans are frequent”, he advised,	Zwar Wölfe gab’s in großer Schar,	A ces mots l’animal éclata tout en larmes.	Such words are wounds beyond all suture--
“A she cannot be plurized.”	doch „Wer“ gab’s nur im Sinular.	“ - Oh!, même les baisers de ma douce moitié	I’m sorry, but you have no future.”

The banshee, rising clammily,	Der Wolf erhob sich tränenblind –	Ne pourrons plus me faire me sentir tout entier.	The Werewolf knew better--his sons still slept
wailed: “What about my family?”	er hatte ja doch Weib und Kind!	Rester un loup-garou est un sort qui m’alarme. ”	At home, and homewards now he crept,
Then, being not a learned creature,	Doch da er keine Gelehrter eben,	Mais comme le loup était bien poli	Happy, humble, without apology
said humbly “Thanks” and left the teacher.	so schied er dankend und ergeben.	Il remercia et puis repartit.	For such folly of philology.

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.	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 French by R. Platteau. Tiu ĉi francigo 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 Alexander Gross. Tiu ĉi angligo troviĝas en http://bertilow.com/literaturo/lupfantomo.html.

Christian Morgenstern,The Banshee (An Approach)

Christian Morgenstern,Der Werwolf

Christian Morgenstern,Le loup-garou

Christian Morgenstern,The Werewolf

Christian Morgenstern,
The Banshee (An Approach)

Christian Morgenstern,
Der Werwolf

Christian Morgenstern,
Le loup-garou

Christian Morgenstern,
The Werewolf