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#208202 - 12/03/12 12:57 PM Disinterment
LukeJavan8 Carpal Tunnel Registered: 06/23/08 Posts: 5287 Loc: Land of the Flat Water	“Disinterment” Once there was a picket fence Of interstitial excellence. An architect much liked its look; Protected by the dark he took The interspaces from the slats And built a set of modern flats. The fence looked nothing as it should, Since nothing twixt its pickets stood. This artefact soon fated it, The senate confiscated it, And marked the architect to go To Arctic -- or Antarctico. -- Christian Morgenstern _________________________ ----please, draw me a sheep----
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#208237 - 12/06/12 06:20 PM Re: Disinterment [Re: LukeJavan8]
Rhubarb Commando old hand Registered: 11/13/11 Posts: 1029 Loc: Lancaster, UK	Very interesting: any idea who the translator was? I have a version translated by R.F.C.Hull, who has translated many (perhaps all?) of Morgenstern's poems, which, whilst essentially the same, is very different in approach, as follows: The Fence There was a fence with spaces you Could look through if you wanted to. An architect who saw this thing Stood there one summer evening, Took out the spaces with great care And built a castle in the air. The fence was utterly dumbfounded: Each post stood with nothing round it. A sight most terrible to see. (They charged it with indecency.) The architect then ran away To Afric- or Americay. Christian Morgenstern [trans. R.F.C.Hull] Interesting different approaches _________________________ I'm immortal until proven otherwise
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#208238 - 12/06/12 06:31 PM Re: Disinterment [Re: Rhubarb Commando]
Rhubarb Commando old hand Registered: 11/13/11 Posts: 1029 Loc: Lancaster, UK	This is the German original, for those whose Deutsch is up to it! (Which doesn't include me!) Der Lattenzaun Es war einmal ein Lattenzaun, mit Zwischenraum, hindurchzuschaun. Ein Architekt, der dieses sah, stand eines Abends plötzlich da - und nahm den Zwischenraum heraus und baute draus ein großes Haus. Der Zaun indessen stand ganz dumm, mit Latten ohne was herum. Ein Anblick gräßlich und gemein. Drum zog ihn der Senat auch ein. Der Architekt jedoch entfloh nach Afri- od- Ameriko. _________________________ I'm immortal until proven otherwise
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#208244 - 12/06/12 10:25 PM Re: Disinterment [Re: Rhubarb Commando]
LukeJavan8 Carpal Tunnel Registered: 06/23/08 Posts: 5287 Loc: Land of the Flat Water	All I remember was the translator was named Ross (surname). _________________________ ----please, draw me a sheep----
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#208246 - 12/07/12 02:24 AM Re: Disinterment [Re: LukeJavan8]
jenny jenny addict Registered: 06/05/10 Posts: 619 Loc: Lower Aberdeen, Mississippi	The machine at Google translates in rote like this.. The Picket Fence Once there was a picket fence, with space, through zuschaun. An architect who saw this, was one evening when suddenly - and took out the space out of it, and built a large house. The fence was however quite stupid with battens without which around. A horrible sight and mean. Drum drew him to the Senate also. The architect, however, escaped to Afri-od-Americo. IT IS GOOD TO LIVE IN AFRI-OD-AMERICO.
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