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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
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 remove
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, La lupfantomo	Christian Morgenstern, The Werewolf	Christian Morgenstern, Der Werwolf

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 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 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).

Christian Morgenstern,The Banshee (An Approach)

Christian Morgenstern,La lupfantomo

Christian Morgenstern,The Werewolf

Christian Morgenstern,Der Werwolf

Christian Morgenstern,
The Banshee (An Approach)

Christian Morgenstern,
La lupfantomo

Christian Morgenstern,
The Werewolf

Christian Morgenstern,
Der Werwolf