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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 remove
Bertilo Wennergren La lupfantomo Esperanto Arg-1653-825 2013-02-14 23:29 Manfred only this add
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 add

Christian Morgenstern,
The Werewolf

 

Christian Morgenstern,
The Banshee (An Approach)

 

Christian Morgenstern,
Le loup-garou

 
translated by Alexander Gross   translated by Max Knight   translated by R. Platteau
 
A Werewolf, troubled by his name,   One night, a banshee slunk away   Un loup-garou, une certaine nuit,
Left wife and brood one night and came   from mate and child, and in the gloom   Laissa sa moitié et puis se rendit
To a hidden graveyard to enlist   went to a village teacher’s tomb,   Auprès de la tombe d’un maître d’école
The aid of a long-dead philologist.   requesting him: “Inflect me, pray.”   Et lui dit, “ sur moi dis tout, c’est ton rôle ! ”
 
“Oh sage, wake up, please don’t berate me,”   The village teacher climbed up straight   Un loup-garou, une certaine nuit,
He howled sadly, “Just conjugate me.”   upon his grave stone with its plate   Laissa sa moitié et puis se rendit
The seer arose a bit unsteady   and to the apparition said   Auprès de la tombe d’un maître d’école
Yawned twice, wheezed once, and then was ready.   who meekly knelt before the dead:   Et lui dit, “ sur moi dis tout, c’est ton rôle ! ”
 
“Well, ‘Werewolf’ is your plural past,   “The banSHEE, in the subject’s place;   “ - On peut à ton sujet puisque nous y sommes
While ‘Waswolf’ is singularly cast:   the banHERS, the possessive case.   Se demander encor bien des choses en somme.
There’s ‘Amwolf’ too, the present tense,   The banHER, next, is what they call   Loup-garoù ? mais avant
And ‘Iswolf,’ ‘Arewolf’ in this same sense.”   objective case--and that is all.”   Il faut se dire : loup-garquand ?
 
“I know that--I’m no mental cripple--   The banshee marveled at the cases   Loup-garcomment ? et puis
The future form and participle   and writhed with pleasure, making faces,   Bien évidemment loup-garqui ? ”
Are what I crave,” the beast replied.   but said: “You did not add, so far,   Toutes ces questions semblèrent au loup bien absconses,
The scholar paused--again he tried:   the plural to the singular!”   Car en fait ce qu’il voulait c’était les réponses.
 
“A ‘Will-be-wolf?’ It’s just too long:   The teacher, though, admitted then   “ - Point de réponses, dit le puits de savoir,
‘Shall-be-wolf?’ ‘Has-been-wolf?’ Utterly wrong!   that this was not within his ken.   Etre imaginaire, nul ne peut te voir ! ”
Such words are wounds beyond all suture--   “While bans are frequent”, he advised,   A ces mots l’animal éclata tout en larmes.
I’m sorry, but you have no future.”   “A she cannot be plurized.”   “ - Oh!, même les baisers de ma douce moitié
 
The Werewolf knew better--his sons still slept   The banshee, rising clammily,   Ne pourrons plus me faire me sentir tout entier.
At home, and homewards now he crept,   wailed: “What about my family?”   Rester un loup-garou est un sort qui m’alarme. ”
Happy, humble, without apology   Then, being not a learned creature,   Mais comme le loup était bien poli
For such folly of philology.   said humbly “Thanks” and left the teacher.   Il remercia et puis repartit.
 
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
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  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.