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author [first name]	title	language	id code	last modification	view
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 remove
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
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 Werewolf	Christian Morgenstern, La lupfantomo	Christian Morgenstern, Varulven	Christian Morgenstern, Der Werwolf	Christian Morgenstern, The Banshee (An Approach)

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

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

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

“Well, ‘Werewolf’ is your plural past,	De “lupfantomo”, simpla rekta,	“Jag var-ulv 1:a pers. i sing.,	„Der Werwolf“ – sprach der gute Mann,	“The banSHEE, in the subject’s place;
While ‘Waswolf’ is singularly cast:	tra “lupfintomo”, plej perfekta,	du, han, hon, den, det var-ulv. Så	„des Werwolfs, Genitiv sodann,	the banHERS, the possessive case.
There’s ‘Amwolf’ too, the present tense,	plu “lupfontomo”, iom rara,	vi voro-ulv, I voren. På	dem Werwolf, Dativ, wie man’s nennt,	The banHER, next, is what they call
And ‘Iswolf,’ ‘Arewolf’ in this same sense.”	ĝis “lupfuntomo”, ho, koŝmara.	de voro-ulv kom ingenting.”	den Werwolf, - damit hat’s ein End!“	objective case--and that is all.”

“I know that--I’m no mental cripple--	Ĉi participoj plaĉis multe	Varulven myste glad åt hur	Dem Werwolf schmeichelten die Fälle	The banshee marveled at the cases
The future form and participle	al la fantomo, kaj rezulte	pers. hade följts av sing. och plur.	er rollte seine Augenbälle.	and writhed with pleasure, making faces,
Are what I crave,” the beast replied.	ĝi petis: “Legu plu el PIV-o	“Fast”, bad han, “kan det inte ges ens	„Indessen“, bat er, „füge doch	but said: “You did not add, so far,
The scholar paused--again he tried:	pri participoj en pasivo.”	en enda pers. i tempus presens?”	zur Einzahl auch die Mehrzahl noch!“	the plural to the singular!”

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

The Werewolf knew better--his sons still slept	Sed lupfantomo pri transiro	Varulven satt med tårad lins.	Der Wolf erhob sich tränenblind –	The banshee, rising clammily,
At home, and homewards now he crept,	ja spertas pli ol eĉ vampiro.	Han visste att han fanns och finns.	er hatte ja doch Weib und Kind!	wailed: “What about my family?”
Happy, humble, without apology	La lup’ revenis larmokula	Därtill kom också fru m.m.	Doch da er keine Gelehrter eben,	Then, being not a learned creature,
For such folly of philology.	al sia famili’ ulula.	som även måste existera.	so schied er dankend und ergeben.	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 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 Swedish by Sven Collberg. Tiu ĉi francigo troviĝas ne la reterjo http://bertilow.com/literaturo/lupfantomo.html#sv.	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 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.

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Der Werwolf

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