Der kriegerische Wolf
Language: German (Deutsch)
Available translation(s): ENG
"Mein Vater, glorreichen Andenkens,"
sagte ein junger Wolf zu einem Fuchse,
"das war ein rechter Held!
Wie fürchterlich hat er sich
nicht in der ganzen Gegend gemacht!
Er hat über mehr als zweihundert Feinde,
nach und nach, triumphiert, und ihre schwarze Seelen
in das Reich des Verderbens gesandt.
Was Wunder also, dass er endlich
doch einem unterliegen musste!"
"So würde sich ein Leichenredner ausdrücken,"
sagte der Fuchs, "der trockene Geschichtsschreiber
aber würde hinzusetzen: die zweihundert Feinde,
über die er, nach und nach, triumphiert,
waren Schafe und Esel; und der eine Feind,
dem er unterlag, war der erste Stier,
den er sich anzufallen erkühnte."
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- ENG English (Gary Bachlund) , "The Warrior Wolf", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2009-03-14
Line count: 17
Word count: 103
The Warrior Wolf
Language: English  after the German (Deutsch)
"My father of glorious memory,"
said a young wolf to a fox,
"he was a true hero!
How feared did he make himself
throughout the whole region.
He triumphed over more than two hundred enemies,
such as sheep and donkeys; and his black soul was hailed
in the kingdom of destruction.
While a wonder, of course sooner or later
he had to be beaten!"
"So he crowed about corpses,"
said the fox, "but that braggart
should've sat down and shut up;
the two hundred enemies over which he triumphed
were just sheep and donkeys,
and there was one enemy that brought him down,
which was the first bull that he even dared to attack."
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Based on:
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [
Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2009-03-14
Line count: 17
Word count: 114