[lit-ideas] Re: APRIL POEMS (4th) Ringelnatz, his ants
- From: "Richard Henninge" <henninge@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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- Date: Wed, 6 Apr 2005 01:42:06 +0200
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From: "Mirembe Nantongo" <nantongo@xxxxxxxxx>
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Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: APRIL POEMS (4th)
> Hm. "They wisely gave up" or "they thought it wise" not to extend? One is
a
> comment by the narrator and one is what the ants (bless their cotton
socks)
> actually thought. Which is it? I can't tell which the original prefers. In
> either case: go, ants! MN
>
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> From: "Chris Bruce" <bruce@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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> Sent: Monday, April 04, 2005 10:57 PM
> Subject: [lit-ideas] APRIL POEMS (4th)
>
>
> > I'd like to offer the list one of my favourite German
> > poems - in original with a couple of translations (and
> > comments thereon). What at first appears simple
> > straight-forward comic verse has a couple of twists to it.
> >
> > Die Ameisen
> >
> > In Hamburg lebten zwei Ameisen,
> > Die wollten nach Australien reisen.
> > Bei Altona auf der Chaussee
> > Da taten ihnen die Beine weh,
> > Und da verzichteten sie weise
> > Dann auf den letzten Teil der Reise.
> >
> > - Joachim Ringelnatz
In Hamburg lived a couple of ants,
Who decided once, "Let's go to France!"
By Altona, on the Chaussee,
Their aching legs caused them to say,
"A shorter trip, that would be smart,
We'll just leave off the final part."
Richard Henninge
University of Mainz
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