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Alexander Gross The Werewolf English Arg-1657-825 2013-02-13 18:39 Manfred only this remove
Bertilo Wennergren La lupfantomo Esperanto Arg-1653-825 2013-02-14 23:29 Manfred only this add
Christian Morgenstern * Der Werwolf German Arg-1652-825 2013-02-11 18:44 Manfred only this add
Hans Eiseneck El Hechicero hispana Arg-1656-825 2013-02-13 18:46 Manfred only this add
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
Sven Collberg Varulven Swedish Arg-1654-825 2013-02-13 17:00 Manfred only this remove

Christian Morgenstern,
The Banshee (An Approach)

 

Christian Morgenstern,
Varulven

 

Christian Morgenstern,
The Werewolf

 
translated by Max Knight   translated by Sven Collberg   translated by Alexander Gross
 
One night, a banshee slunk away   En varulv lopp från fru m.m.   A Werewolf, troubled by his name,
from mate and child, and in the gloom   en vacker afton samt begav   Left wife and brood one night and came
went to a village teacher’s tomb,   sig till en bymagisters grav   To a hidden graveyard to enlist
requesting him: “Inflect me, pray.”   och bad: “Var snäll och konjugera.   The aid of a long-dead philologist.
 
The village teacher climbed up straight   mig!” Byskolläraren stod upp   “Oh sage, wake up, please don’t berate me,”
upon his grave stone with its plate   på blecknamnsskyltens mässingknopp   He howled sadly, “Just conjugate me.”
and to the apparition said   med svar till den, som satt på pass   The seer arose a bit unsteady
who meekly knelt before the dead:   med tåligt korslagd tass på tass.   Yawned twice, wheezed once, and then was ready.
 
“The banSHEE, in the subject’s place;   “Jag var-ulv 1:a pers. i sing.,   “Well, ‘Werewolf’ is your plural past,
the banHERS, the possessive case.   du, han, hon, den, det var-ulv. Så   While ‘Waswolf’ is singularly cast:
The banHER, next, is what they call   vi voro-ulv, I voren. På   There’s ‘Amwolf’ too, the present tense,
objective case--and that is all.”   de voro-ulv kom ingenting.”   And ‘Iswolf,’ ‘Arewolf’ in this same sense.”
 
The banshee marveled at the cases   Varulven myste glad åt hur   “I know that--I’m no mental cripple--
and writhed with pleasure, making faces,   pers. hade följts av sing. och plur.   The future form and participle
but said: “You did not add, so far,   “Fast”, bad han, “kan det inte ges ens   Are what I crave,” the beast replied.
the plural to the singular!”   en enda pers. i tempus presens?”   The scholar paused--again he tried:
 
The teacher, though, admitted then   Bekänna måste vår magister,   “A ‘Will-be-wolf?’ It’s just too long:
that this was not within his ken.   att därvidlag fanns vissa brister.   ‘Shall-be-wolf?’ ‘Has-been-wolf?’ Utterly wrong!
“While bans are frequent”, he advised,   En varulv sine imperfecto   Such words are wounds beyond all suture--
“A she cannot be plurized.”   var contradictio in adjecto.   I’m sorry, but you have no future.”
 
The banshee, rising clammily,   Varulven satt med tårad lins.   The Werewolf knew better--his sons still slept
wailed: “What about my family?”   Han visste att han fanns och finns.   At home, and homewards now he crept,
Then, being not a learned creature,   Därtill kom också fru m.m.   Happy, humble, without apology
said humbly “Thanks” and left the teacher.   som även måste existera.   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).

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  Translation of the German poem "Der Werwolf"
by Christian Morgenstern (Kristiano
Matenstelo, *1871-05-06 - †1914-03-31)
into Swedish by Sven Collberg.

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http://bertilow.com/literaturo/lupfantomo.html#sv.
  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.