[lit-ideas] Post-blitz: Ringelnatz's "After the Storm"
- From: "Richard Henninge" <henninge@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 7 Apr 2005 23:47:27 +0200
This is my attempt to translate the Ringelnatz poem Chris Bruce posted:
> > Nach dem Gewitter
> >
> > Der Blitz hat mich getroffen.
> > Mein staehlerner, linker Manschettenknopf
> > ist weggeschmolzen, und in meinem Kopf
> > summt es, als waere ich besoffen.
> >
> > Der Doktor Berninger aeusserte sich
> > darueber sehr ungezogen:
> > Das mit dem Summen waer' typisch fuer mich,
> > das mit Blitz waer' erlogen.
After the Storm
A bolt of lightning struck my trunk.
My left cufflink, made out of stainless steel,
Is a molten lump, and my head's a-peal,
Like it's Sunday morning, and me still drunk.
Doctor Berninger said on the subject,
In unkind words, elliptical,
I find your lightning bolt story suspect,
But the bells are typical.
Richard Henninge
University of Mainz
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