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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Christian Morgenstern,
The Banshee (An Approach)

Christian Morgenstern,
Der Werwolf

Christian Morgenstern,
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