Jabberwocky Variations
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Buririggu datta. Soshite suraivi na to-v ga
We-bu ni jairu shite jimburu shita
Baroguro-bu wa totemo mimuji de
Mo-mu rasu ga autogure-bu shita.
"Jabawo-ku to iu kaijuu ni ki o tsukete
Kamitsuku ago ni, hittakuru tsume ni
Jabujabu no tori to iu kaijuu ni ki o tsukete
Furu-miasu na Ba-ndasnatchi o sakeru no da!"
Voruporu no tsurugi wo soubi shite
Nagai aida ni ano mankusomu na teki o sagashite kara
Tamutamu no ki no shita ni yasunde
chotto tatte omotta
Affisshu sou ni omotte
Honoo no you na me no Jabawo-ku ga
Tarugi na shinrin ni wiffuru shite kite
Ugoki nagara ba-buru shita!
Ichido, Nido! Ichido, Nido! Kitta, kitta!
Voruporu no tsurugi ga sunika sunaka shita!
Shini mama ni shiteoite atama o te ni irete
Garanfu shite kaeta.
"Hontou ni Jabawo-ku o taoshita no ka?!
Somo bi-mishu na ko yo! Watashi no ude ni!
O, Furabujasu na hi da yo! Karu-! Kare-!"
To yorokobi ni yobidashita.
Buririggu datta. Soshite suraivi na to-v ga
We-bu ni jairu shite jimburu shita
Baroguro-bu wa totemo mimuji de
Mo-mu rasu ga autogure-bu shita.
This version 'translates' the nonsense words of the original only by naturalizing them to Japanese phonemes, i.e. changing the pronounciation just enough to match the existing speech sounds of Japanese. (Japanese is syllabic in nature, so there are no consonant clusters like "br" in "brillig", or the "sl" and "thy" of "slithy".)
The translator, Andrew Thompson, is working on developing new equivalent nonsense words that give similar images as their English counterparts. This version will be updated when that task is done.
A version of this page in native Japanese is not available at this time. This is also being worked on.
You can email Andrew Thompson at andrew@thompson.cais.com
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