Луис Карол – Jabberwocky

 

Стихотворението „Jabberwocky“ на Луис Карол е нещо уникално, странно и красиво по свой собствен начин. Авторът на „Алиса в Страната на Чудесата“ съчетава в това произведение на изкуството, древен староанглийски и собственоръчно измислени думи. До колкото знам, в това стихотворение за пръв път се използва думата „vorpal“ (i.e voral sword) – дума, която в наши дни е изричана с леко страхопочитание от ролевите маниаци. А ето го и самото стихотворение :

‘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 catch!

Beware the Jubjub bird, and shun

The frumious Bandersnatch!’

He took his vorpal sword in hand:

Long time the manxome foe he sought–

So rested he by the Tumtum tree,

And stood awhile in thought.

And as in uffish thought he stood,

The Jabberwock, with eyes of flame,

Came whiffling through the tulgey wood,

And burbled as it came!

One, two! One, two! And through and through

The vorpal blade went snicker-snack!

He left it dead, and with its head

He went galumphing back.

‘And hast thou slain the Jabberwock?

Come to my arms, my beamish boy!

O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!’

He chortled in his joy.

‘Twas brillig, and the slithy toves

Did gyre and gimble in the wabe;

All mimsy were the borogoves,

And the mome raths outgrabe.