\nopagenumbers \input makor2 %% IF you don't have Adobe Caslon fonts, comment OUT the next three lines... %% \input zmtpac %% \font\sbf=pacs9t \font\BF=pacb9t %% \font\RM=pacr9t at 14pt \font\rmm=pacr9t at 9pt %% ... and uncomment the following two lines... \font\sbf=cmb10 \let\BF=\bf \font\RM=cmr12 scaled\magstep1 \font\rmm=cmr9 \hfontdef{OSH}{osheb2}{9pt}\hfontdef{HEB}{osheb2}{10pt} \hfontdef{OOSH}{osheb2}{14pt}\baselineskip=10pt \newdimen\ygap \ygap=9pt \def\jline{\hbox\bgroup\hbox to.5\hsize\bgroup\hss\MakorEnvironment{YID}% \HEBREW\jjline} \def\jjline\[#1\]#2={\[\hfont{HEB}#1\hskip.5\ygap\]\egroup\hbox to.5\hsize{\clearocplists\rm\hskip.5\ygap #2\hss}\egroup} \jline\[\hfont{OOSH}der yomervokh \]\RM Jabberwocky= \jline\[\hfont{OSH}loi karal\]\rmm Lewis Carroll (1871)= \jline\[\hfont{OSH}ibergezetst: rf'l finkl\]\rmm Translated into Yiddish by Raphael Finkel= \medskip\baselineskip=14pt \jline\[s\'iz brilik geven, di shlikhtinke toves\]'Twas brillig, and the slithy toves= \jline\[hobn gevirt un gevimlt in vobn:\]Did gyre and gimble in the wabe:= \jline\[gants mimzish geven di borogoves;\]All mimsey were the borogoves,= \jline\[di mome-ret hot oysgegrobn.\]And the mome raths outgrabe.= \medskip \jline\[--- dokh hit zikh farn yomervokh!\]``Beware the Jabberwock, my son!= \jline\[ tseyn vos zey khapn; kreln-shpits!\]The jaws that bite, the claws that catch!= \jline\[farn yubyub foigl hit zikh;\]Beware the Jubjub bird, and shun= \jline\[veikht fun froimdikn bandershnitz!\]The frumious Bandersnatch!''= \medskip \jline\[er nemt in hand dem vorplen shverd.\]He took his vorpal sword in hand:= \jline\[dem ^sun' hot er lang gezukht.\]Long time the manxome foe he sought---= \jline\[gerut arum an ets-toomtoom,\]So he rested he by the Tumtum tree= \jline\[fartrakht, hot es gedukht.\]And stood awhile in thought.= \medskip \jline\[be.s shteyt er in gedankn oif,\]And, as in uffish thought he stood,= \jline\[der yomervokh, mit fayer-oign,\]The Jabberwock, with eyes of flame,= \jline\[mit vifek kumt durkh tulgikn vald,\]Came whiffling through the tulgey wood,= \jline\[geburblt be.s gefloign.\]And burbled as it came!= \medskip \jline\[eyns, tsvey! eyns, tsvey! mit vey, mit vey,\]One, two! One, two! And through and through= \jline\[der vorpler kling makht shnoker-shnik,\]The vorpal blade went snicker-snack!= \jline\[er shekht im op, un mit zein kop\]He left it dead, and with its head= \jline\[gelompik geyt tsurik.\]He went galumphing back.= \medskip \jline\[--- geteyt hostu dem yomervokh?\]``And hast thou slain the Jabberwock?= \jline\[nem mikh orum, mein beymish kind.\]Come to my arms, my beamish boy!= \jline\[o yum-tu.v grois! khalein, khalois,\]O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!''= \jline\[er chortlt un er zingt.\]He chortled in his joy.= \medskip \jline\[s\'iz brilik geven, di shlikhtinke toves\]'Twas brillig, and the slithy toves= \jline\[hobn gevirt un gevimlt in vobn:\]Did gyre and gimble in the wabe:= \jline\[gants mimzish geven di borogoves;\]All mimsey were the borogoves,= \jline\[di mome-ret hot oysgegrobn.\]And the mome raths outgrabe.= \bye %%% Local Variables: %%% mode: plain-tex %%% TeX-master: t %%% End: