{"id":612,"date":"2011-03-08T22:40:15","date_gmt":"2011-03-08T20:40:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.annapetrova.com\/en\/?p=612"},"modified":"2011-03-08T22:42:00","modified_gmt":"2011-03-08T20:42:00","slug":"jabberwocky","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.annapetrova.com\/en\/2011\/03\/08\/jabberwocky\/","title":{"rendered":"Jabberwocky"},"content":{"rendered":"

Those who know and love Lewis Caroll\u2019s \u201cAlice in Wonderland \u201c and \u201cThrough the Looking-Glass\u201d, will certainly remember the \u201cJabberwocky\u201d:<\/p>\n

‘Twas brillig, and the slithy toves
\n Did gyre and gimble in the wabe:
\nAll mimsy were the borogoves,
\n And the mome raths outgrabe.<\/p>\n

“Beware the Jabberwock, my son!
\n The jaws that bite, the claws that catch!
\nBeware the Jubjub bird, and shun
\n The frumious Bandersnatch!”
\nHe took his vorpal sword in hand:
\n Long time the manxome foe he sought —
\nSo rested he by the Tumtum tree,
\n And stood awhile in thought.
\nAnd, as in uffish thought he stood,
\n The Jabberwock, with eyes of flame,
\nCame whiffling through the tulgey wood,
\n And burbled as it came!
\nOne, two! One, two! And through and through
\n The vorpal blade went snicker-snack!
\nHe left it dead, and with its head
\n He went galumphing back.
\n“And, has thou slain the Jabberwock?
\n Come to my arms, my beamish boy!
\nO frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!”
\n He chortled in his joy.<\/p>\n

`Twas brillig, and the slithy toves
\n Did gyre and gimble in the wabe;
\nAll mimsy were the borogoves,
\n And the mome raths outgrabe.<\/em><\/p>\n

The translation of such a poem is a real challenge. I like the German version which begins like that:<\/p>\n

DER JAMMERWOCH
\nEs brillig war. Die schlichte Toven
\nWirrten und wimmelten in Waben:
\nUnd aller-muemsige Burggoven
\nDie mohmen R\u00e4th’ ausgraben\u2026<\/em><\/p>\n

The version for the French:<\/p>\n

LE JASEROQUE
\nII brilgue: les t\u00f4ves lubricilleux
\nSe gyrent en vrillant dans le guave,
\nEnmim\u00e9s sont les gougebosqueux,
\nEt le m\u00f4merade horsgrave\u2026<\/em><\/p>\n

For those who read Russian:<\/p>\n

\u0411\u0410\u0420\u041c\u0410\u0413\u041b\u041e\u0422
\n\u0412\u0430\u0440\u043a\u0430\u043b\u043e\u0441\u044a. \u0425\u043b\u0438\u0432\u043a\u0438\u0435 \u0448\u043e\u0440\u044c\u043a\u0438
\n\u041f\u0438\u0440\u044f\u043b\u0438\u0441\u044c \u043f\u043e \u043d\u0430\u0432\u0435,
\n\u0418 \u0445\u0440\u044e\u043a\u043e\u0442\u0430\u043b\u0438 \u0437\u0435\u043b\u044e\u043a\u0438,
\n\u041a\u0430\u043a \u043c\u044e\u043c\u0437\u0438\u043a\u0438 \u0432 \u043c\u043e\u0432\u0435\u043b…<\/em><\/p>\n

Another one I love a lot is the Bulgarian one:<\/p>\n

\u0414\u0416\u0410\u0411\u0415\u0420\u0423\u041e\u041a\u0418
\n\u0411\u0435 \u0441\u0433\u043b\u0430\u0434\u043d\u0435 \u0438 \u0447\u0435\u0441\u0442\u043b\u0438\u043d\u043d\u0438\u0442\u0435 \u043a\u043e\u043c\u0431\u0443\u0440\u0441\u0438
\n\u0442\u0430\u0440\u043b\u044f\u0445\u0430 \u0441\u0435 \u0438 \u0441\u0432\u0440\u0435\u0446\u0432\u0430\u0445\u0430 \u0432\u044a\u0432 \u043f\u043b\u0438\u0442\u0435;
\n\u0441\u044a\u0432\u0441\u0435\u043c \u043e\u043a\u043b\u0430\u0441\u043d\u0438 \u0431\u044f\u0445\u0430 \u0442\u0443\u043a \u0449\u0443\u0440\u043f\u0438\u0442\u0435
\n\u0438 \u043e\u0442\u043c\u0430 \u0440\u0430\u0432\u0430\u043f\u0441\u0430\u0442\u0432\u0430\u0445\u0430 \u043f\u0440\u0430\u0441\u0443\u0440\u0441\u0438. <\/em><\/p>\n

And now the musical version for 6 hands and soprano for all! Enjoy:
\n[youtube]http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=o4Z0ajqH-Oo&feature=related[\/youtube]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Those who know and love Lewis Caroll\u2019s \u201cAlice in Wonderland \u201c and \u201cThrough the Looking-Glass\u201d, will certainly remember the \u201cJabberwocky\u201d: ‘Twas brillig, and the slithy toves Did gyre and gimble in the wabe: All mimsy were the borogoves, And the mome raths outgrabe. “Beware the Jabberwock, my son! The jaws that bite, the claws that […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.annapetrova.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/612"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.annapetrova.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.annapetrova.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.annapetrova.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.annapetrova.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=612"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.annapetrova.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/612\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":619,"href":"https:\/\/www.annapetrova.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/612\/revisions\/619"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.annapetrova.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=612"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.annapetrova.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=612"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.annapetrova.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=612"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}