L Zofida
Hermann Hesse, fonor (1907)
Tral by William Patterson (1998)
Azo y so pito
hex & lo u pea i l French
holez. F sez l luf y
pel, hex. By
de l
lae angif wyg
agz ystax brix wy
ovo l brie blu
koso; by
dex l
luv ygoby
ov g, u
et, pel, rag eis luv, & o l
wyg ti gel bri
yev u brix blu qu yvus l nal d hex. L viaz & sekindez y rufgapd & l
erz ysed raxa & lobov i l urbt ryatz. Dex l
pelguz ybrihe feus rud i l blu luv lum, &
be lo g y lumix.
Y u faso oz f l
zoz d l are. Mu d l et eriz,
& aviz adi, yeisy
bix, & gi diko bodz
yev nur f l
zofaz. B g adi ysuta d hex &
desky. Sol u fu
zofidaz kincz i l are, & gi ena yfy g to
gec me nye ge. By de g ygo ix soli.
Ir &
iro eri d g yr dart tru l wyg, lean, desky,
& alert, z soundless & furtive z u ghost, si
eng shadow gliding
lati s i l wy. S yr tur si pointed odom ia l
ven & sniff, & d te to te let ix u dry, tortured
vokea. B at dex g yr al go ix ge & l urbt y
insd by gi fex vokea. Zoec & aviv yr carefully shut up, & shumz
ystax i readiness ba sturdy shutters. Sol ozt yr l zofidaz p sal o u
zofid or ot et prey, & dos d l pack hy albe
been yshu.
L hex du o & o. Oze l zofidaz huddled ge f s & ystax still, auv
woefully to l bix urbo ron g, until eri d g, tortured by desky, sud ysal up
m u libi curdling roar. Nux al l otrz ytur gi odomz dira s & trembled;
& al ge rupe ia u braxek, proa, fexet vokea.
Uvov u et part d l pack yci ki. Tax i l morning g left gi
caviz, gathered ge, & sniffed anxiously
& excitedly at l eis luf. Nux g started off at u rap, even trot. Those
who yr staying ba yno ba g m
engo glassy ogz,
trotted u fu gotz i gi wake, yru, ysta still f u tet i indecision, &
ygo rapo back to gi fulo dens.
At mi l traveling
ereu split i dos. Tri d l
zofidaz ytur ost dira l Swiss Jura, l otrz continued noro. L tri y ube vig
zoz, b dreadfully emaciated. Gi indrawn light
colored fobodz yr z eng z straps, gi ribs ysta ix pitifully o gi fobodz, gi
mouths yr dry & gi ogz distended & desperate. G ygo deep ia l
Jura. L dosi de g
ybixy u
zowo, l third u zofid & u foal. On al latz l
infuriated urbo erz yedo
sera g. Fear d l
unaccustomed intruders ysteg tru l towns & urbtz d l are. L mail sleighs
ygo ix armed, no eri ygo d u urbt to uo mo u shum.
Po so gu pickings, l tri zofidaz felt at once contented &
uncertain i l nato ep. Becoming me foolhardy than g hy
az been at home, g yrup ia u zoes ryble i delum. L
het little building y filled m l bellowing
d zoesz, l crashing d bos bars, l thudding d hooves, & l he, desky
breath d l zofaz. B c te erz ygot i. U pri y set o l zofaz,
& that doskd l courage d l urborz. G ybixy eri m u shum shu tru l
kol, l dosi m u ax. L third escaped & ran until s yasoa hem bix i l
wyg. S y l myjun & my bel d l zofidaz, u humx zoa, vig
&
belu. F u lo pe s ystax panting. Blood rud circles whirled
be si ogz, & at tez u painful, wheezing moan escaped s. U hurled
ax hy struck s i l back. B s recovered & managed sta up. Sol
nux did s vu how nyx s hy goe. Far & wide yr ni erz ni
rygz. Foe d s ystax u enormous wyg covered
hole, l Chasseral. S yci go ron t. Tortured by desbib, s yne
ul kyfaz d l frozen molo wyg.
On l ot lat d l hole s yvut u urbt. T y getting o dira dexi. S
waited i u dense clump d fir
boz. Nux s
crept cautiously past l
agu fences,
following l odo d het ryblez. Y no eri i l street. Desky b
fearfully, s peered in l rygz. U shu rang ix. S threw si head
back & y about goe when u dosi shu yko. S y hit. On u lat
si whitish fobod y vutd m
libi,
qu yasoa steadily i big drops. I spite d si wound s yrup ia u
bounding goe & managed reach l wooded hole. Iro s yru f u tet
auv, & yau vokz & gotz i l distance. Terror stricken, s
yno up at l hole lat. T y angie, densely boc, & faso ase. B
s hy no choice. Panting, s made si way up l angie wall, pev ovo s u
confusion d dieez, bidz, & lantern lumz skirted l hole.
Trembling, l wounded zofida yase tru l bocz i l hem lum, pev rapo l
brown libi trickled
upo si flank.
L hex hy duxd. L koso i l osto y hazy; u pro d wyg.
Uvov l vigov zo reached l top. S y at l edge d u la,
slightly inclined wyg ag n nyx d Mont Crosin, ho ov l urbt d
qu s hy escaped. S felt no desky, b u brix persistent pain d si
wound. U low sano bark yko d si drooping jaws, si utbi beat heavily
& painfully; l han d bix weighed o t like u pese load. U lone fir
bo m steg
bovz lured s;
io s ysed
upo & stared forlornly ia l
wyine
dex. Hem u hor ygoby. Nux u rud, nato muted lum yasoa o l wyg. M u
groan l zofida ysta & ytur si
bel
head dira l lum. T y l luv, qu, lae & libi rud, hy risen i l
noro ost & y rapo ase me ho i l misty koso. F mu sez t hy
not been so big & rud. Sadly, l ubix zofida's ogz clung to l hazy
dis, & re u faint vokea rattled painfully tru l dex.
Nux yko lums & gotz. Urborz i dik bodiez, serarz & boys i
fur caps & clumsy leggings yko tramping tru l wyg. U triumphant cry
ygo up. G hy vu l ubix zofa, dos shuz y rap fired. Jel
missed. Nux g yvu that s y albe ubix & yasoa upon s m sticks
& clubs. S ysen nom nyxe.
Hu yrup si osz, g ytirea s upo dira Saint-Immer. G yfel, g ykan, g
ydiee; g yno fov to alku &
bibe. Ako
d g yvu l bel d l wyg covered
boce, or l
brie d l ho plateau, or l rud luv qu hovered ov l Chasseral,
& qiv faint lum shimmered o gi shum olkurz, o l crystalline wyg,
& o l blurred ogz d l bix zofida.