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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
Bertilo Wennergren La lupfantomo Esperanto Arg-1653-825 2013-02-14 23:29 Manfred only this remove
R. Platteau Le loup-garou French Arg-1655-825 2013-02-13 21:56 Manfred only this add
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 Werewolf

 

Christian Morgenstern,
The Banshee (An Approach)

 

Christian Morgenstern,
La lupfantomo

 
translated by Alexander Gross   translated by Max Knight   translated by Bertilo Wennergren
 
A Werewolf, troubled by his name,   One night, a banshee slunk away   Jen lupfantom’ de famili’
Left wife and brood one night and came   from mate and child, and in the gloom   meznokte iam kuris for
To a hidden graveyard to enlist   went to a village teacher’s tomb,   al tombo de la profesor’.
The aid of a long-dead philologist.   requesting him: “Inflect me, pray.”   kaj petis pri konjugaci’.
 
“Oh sage, wake up, please don’t berate me,”   The village teacher climbed up straight   Do diktis tiu dokta ul’
He howled sadly, “Just conjugate me.”   upon his grave stone with its plate   starante sur la kructabul’
The seer arose a bit unsteady   and to the apparition said   dum lup’ senmova kiel splinto
Yawned twice, wheezed once, and then was ready.   who meekly knelt before the dead:   atentis vortojn de l’ mortinto.
 
“Well, ‘Werewolf’ is your plural past,   “The banSHEE, in the subject’s place;   De “lupfantomo”, simpla rekta,
While ‘Waswolf’ is singularly cast:   the banHERS, the possessive case.   tra “lupfintomo”, plej perfekta,
There’s ‘Amwolf’ too, the present tense,   The banHER, next, is what they call   plu “lupfontomo”, iom rara,
And ‘Iswolf,’ ‘Arewolf’ in this same sense.”   objective case--and that is all.”   ĝis “lupfuntomo”, ho, koŝmara.
 
“I know that--I’m no mental cripple--   The banshee marveled at the cases   Ĉi participoj plaĉis multe
The future form and participle   and writhed with pleasure, making faces,   al la fantomo, kaj rezulte
Are what I crave,” the beast replied.   but said: “You did not add, so far,   ĝi petis: “Legu plu el PIV-o
The scholar paused--again he tried:   the plural to the singular!”   pri participoj en pasivo.”
 
“A ‘Will-be-wolf?’ It’s just too long:   The teacher, though, admitted then   La viro ĉagreniĝis tamen:
‘Shall-be-wolf?’ ‘Has-been-wolf?’ Utterly wrong!   that this was not within his ken.   “Jam fermis mi per fin’ kaj amen,
Such words are wounds beyond all suture--   “While bans are frequent”, he advised,   ĉar netransiraj bestoj feblas
I’m sorry, but you have no future.”   “A she cannot be plurized.”   kaj la pasiv’ neniam eblas.”
 
The Werewolf knew better--his sons still slept   The banshee, rising clammily,   Sed lupfantomo pri transiro
At home, and homewards now he crept,   wailed: “What about my family?”   ja spertas pli ol eĉ vampiro.
Happy, humble, without apology   Then, being not a learned creature,   La lup’ revenis larmokula
For such folly of philology.   said humbly “Thanks” and left the teacher.   al sia famili’ ulula.
 
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 Esperanto by Bertilo Wennergren.

Vidu la retejon
http://bertilow.com/literaturo/lupfantomo.html.