Impending Doom
by Wilhelm Busch
Es machen sich die Fliegen
Ein luftig Tanzvergnügen.
Der Frosch, der denkt: Nur munter!
Ihr kommt schon noch herunter!Up high, the flies are playing,
And frolicking, and swaying.
The frog thinks: Dance! I know
You'll end up here below.
- translated by Gabriele Kahn
More Busch Comic Poetry
Max & Moritz
130 year old Beavis and Butthead - sampled
translated by Gabriele Kahn
The Miller's Bold Daughter
translated by Gabriele Kahn
The Mole
the epic cartoon that launched 10,000 Disney imitations
translated by Gabriele Kahn
Finch & Frog
soar on the wings of a frog
translated by David Fogg
Hans Huckebein
the world's most dangerous raven
translated by Gabriele Kahn
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