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| author [first name] | title | language | publication | id code | last modification | view |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Antoni Grabowski | Cikado kaj formiko | Esperanto | Arg-1108-549 | 2014-03-16 17:39 Manfred | only this add | |
| N. N. 23 | Die Grille und die Ameise | German | Arg-1107-549 | 2010-07-11 12:50 Manfred | only this add | |
| Wilhelm Ernst Dohm | Die Grille und die Ameise | German | Arg-1104-549 | 2010-07-09 22:21 Manfred | only this add | |
| Rolf Mayr | Die Grille und die kleine Ameise | German | Arg-1106-549 | 2010-07-18 07:14 Manfred | only this add | |
| Jean de La Fontaine | * La Cigale et la Fourmi | French | Arg-1103-549 | 2010-08-07 13:53 Manfred | only this add | |
| Manfredo Ratislavo | La cikad' kaj la formik' | Esperanto | 1983 | Arg-1105-549 | 2010-07-09 23:08 Manfred | only this add |
| Donald P. Webb | The Cricket and the Ant | English | Arg-1111-549 | 2010-08-06 19:10 Manfred | only this remove |
Jean de La Fontaine, |
| translated by Donald P. Webb |
| The cricket had sung her song |
| all summer long |
| but found her victuals too few |
| when the north wind blew. |
| Nowhere could she espy |
| a single morsel of worm or fly. |
| Her neighbor, the ant, might, |
| she thought, help her in her plight, |
| and she begged her for a little grain |
| till summer would come back again. |
| “By next August I’ll repay both |
| Interest and principal; animal’s oath.” |
| Now, the ant may have a fault or two |
| But lending is not something she will do. |
| She asked what the cricket did in summer. |
| “By night and day, to any comer |
| I sang whenever I had the chance.” |
| “You sang, did you? That’s nice. Now dance.” |
| Translation of the French poem "La Cigale et la Fourmi" by Jean de La Fontaine (*1621-07.08 - †1695-04.12) into English by Donald P. Webb (*1939). Mi, Manfred Retzlaff, transprenis tiun ĉi tradukon el la retejo http://www.bewilderingstories.com/issue209/cigale.html. La tradukinto, s-ro Don Webb, permesis tion mi. - I, Manfred Retzlaff, found this translation in the website http://www.bewilderingstories.com/issue209/cigale.html. The author, Mr. Don Webb, gave me the permission. |