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Sven Collberg Varulven Swedish Arg-1654-825 2013-02-13 17:00 Manfred only this remove
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 add
Bertilo Wennergren La lupfantomo Esperanto Arg-1653-825 2013-02-14 23:29 Manfred only this remove
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 remove

Christian Morgenstern,
The Banshee (An Approach)

 

Christian Morgenstern,
La lupfantomo

 

Christian Morgenstern,
The Werewolf

 

Christian Morgenstern,
Der Werwolf

 

Christian Morgenstern,
Varulven

 
translated by Max Knight   translated by Bertilo Wennergren   translated by Alexander Gross       translated by Sven Collberg
 
One night, a banshee slunk away   Jen lupfantom’ de famili’   A Werewolf, troubled by his name,   Ein Werwolf eines Nachts entwich   En varulv lopp från fru m.m.
from mate and child, and in the gloom   meznokte iam kuris for   Left wife and brood one night and came   von Weib und Kind und sich begab   en vacker afton samt begav
went to a village teacher’s tomb,   al tombo de la profesor’.   To a hidden graveyard to enlist   an eines Dorfschullehrers Grab   sig till en bymagisters grav
requesting him: “Inflect me, pray.”   kaj petis pri konjugaci’.   The aid of a long-dead philologist.   und bat ihn: „Bitte, beuge mich!“   och bad: “Var snäll och konjugera.
 
The village teacher climbed up straight   Do diktis tiu dokta ul’   “Oh sage, wake up, please don’t berate me,”   Der Dorfschulmeister stieg hinauf   mig!” Byskolläraren stod upp
upon his grave stone with its plate   starante sur la kructabul’   He howled sadly, “Just conjugate me.”   auf seines Blechschilds Messingknauf   på blecknamnsskyltens mässingknopp
and to the apparition said   dum lup’ senmova kiel splinto   The seer arose a bit unsteady   und sprach zum Wolf, der seine Pfoten   med svar till den, som satt på pass
who meekly knelt before the dead:   atentis vortojn de l’ mortinto.   Yawned twice, wheezed once, and then was ready.   geduldig kreuzte vor dem Toten:   med tåligt korslagd tass på tass.
 
“The banSHEE, in the subject’s place;   De “lupfantomo”, simpla rekta,   “Well, ‘Werewolf’ is your plural past,   „Der Werwolf“ – sprach der gute Mann,   “Jag var-ulv 1:a pers. i sing.,
the banHERS, the possessive case.   tra “lupfintomo”, plej perfekta,   While ‘Waswolf’ is singularly cast:   „des Werwolfs, Genitiv sodann,   du, han, hon, den, det var-ulv. Så
The banHER, next, is what they call   plu “lupfontomo”, iom rara,   There’s ‘Amwolf’ too, the present tense,   dem Werwolf, Dativ, wie man’s nennt,   vi voro-ulv, I voren. På
objective case--and that is all.”   ĝis “lupfuntomo”, ho, koŝmara.   And ‘Iswolf,’ ‘Arewolf’ in this same sense.”   den Werwolf, - damit hat’s ein End!“   de voro-ulv kom ingenting.”
 
The banshee marveled at the cases   Ĉi participoj plaĉis multe   “I know that--I’m no mental cripple--   Dem Werwolf schmeichelten die Fälle   Varulven myste glad åt hur
and writhed with pleasure, making faces,   al la fantomo, kaj rezulte   The future form and participle   er rollte seine Augenbälle.   pers. hade följts av sing. och plur.
but said: “You did not add, so far,   ĝi petis: “Legu plu el PIV-o   Are what I crave,” the beast replied.   „Indessen“, bat er, „füge doch   “Fast”, bad han, “kan det inte ges ens
the plural to the singular!”   pri participoj en pasivo.”   The scholar paused--again he tried:   zur Einzahl auch die Mehrzahl noch!“   en enda pers. i tempus presens?”
 
The teacher, though, admitted then   La viro ĉagreniĝis tamen:   “A ‘Will-be-wolf?’ It’s just too long:   Der Dorfschullehrer aber musste   Bekänna måste vår magister,
that this was not within his ken.   “Jam fermis mi per fin’ kaj amen,   ‘Shall-be-wolf?’ ‘Has-been-wolf?’ Utterly wrong!   gestehn, dass er von ihr nichts wusste.   att därvidlag fanns vissa brister.
“While bans are frequent”, he advised,   ĉar netransiraj bestoj feblas   Such words are wounds beyond all suture--   Zwar Wölfe gab’s in großer Schar,   En varulv sine imperfecto
“A she cannot be plurized.”   kaj la pasiv’ neniam eblas.”   I’m sorry, but you have no future.”   doch „Wer“ gab’s nur im Sinular.   var contradictio in adjecto.
 
The banshee, rising clammily,   Sed lupfantomo pri transiro   The Werewolf knew better--his sons still slept   Der Wolf erhob sich tränenblind –   Varulven satt med tårad lins.
wailed: “What about my family?”   ja spertas pli ol eĉ vampiro.   At home, and homewards now he crept,   er hatte ja doch Weib und Kind!   Han visste att han fanns och finns.
Then, being not a learned creature,   La lup’ revenis larmokula   Happy, humble, without apology   Doch da er keine Gelehrter eben,   Därtill kom också fru m.m.
said humbly “Thanks” and left the teacher.   al sia famili’ ulula.   For such folly of philology.   so schied er dankend und ergeben.   som även måste existera.
 
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.
  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.
  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 Swedish by Sven Collberg.

Tiu ĉi francigo troviĝas ne la reterjo
http://bertilow.com/literaturo/lupfantomo.html#sv.