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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
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
Hans Eiseneck	El Hechicero	hispana	Arg-1656-825	2013-02-13 18:46 Manfred	only this add
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
Bertilo Wennergren	La lupfantomo	Esperanto	Arg-1653-825	2013-02-14 23:29 Manfred	only this add

Christian Morgenstern, The Banshee (An Approach)	Christian Morgenstern, Varulven	Christian Morgenstern, Der Werwolf	Christian Morgenstern, The Werewolf

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

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

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

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

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

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

The banshee, rising clammily,	Varulven satt med tårad lins.	Der Wolf erhob sich tränenblind –	The Werewolf knew better--his sons still slept
wailed: “What about my family?”	Han visste att han fanns och finns.	er hatte ja doch Weib und Kind!	At home, and homewards now he crept,
Then, being not a learned creature,	Därtill kom också fru m.m.	Doch da er keine Gelehrter eben,	Happy, humble, without apology
said humbly “Thanks” and left the teacher.	som även måste existera.	so schied er dankend und ergeben.	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.	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 Alexander Gross. Tiu ĉi angligo troviĝas en http://bertilow.com/literaturo/lupfantomo.html.

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