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.