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Gregory Baranoff 1951 (Shanghai)

                      El Jabellón  

Fue Brilllón y los tovos deslizafangosos
Que hiraron y en la nebliola frivolidaron
Todos los bosquegrovos estaban alerrachos
Y las madrecuevas se grillaron

Sálvate del jabellón, hijo mío
Las garretillas que morden, las carras que enflanchan                   
Sálvate del Jabáfaro y evita
Al rabiasoso Bandarrebatán

El tomó su espada vorpal en la mano
Y buscó al enemigo granonbroso
El se descansó por un árbol tontorral
Y por un rato se paró pensando

Y mientras en reflexión asperasabrosa estaba
El Jabellón con ojos del fuego
Vino fubiendo por el bosque oscuterradoso
Carcafadabando al venir.

¡Uno, dos, uno, dos, y por y por
La espada vorpal lo acuchilló tije-cortáz!
Lo dejó muerto y con la cabeza
El regresó galomfeando flás

¿Has matado al Jabellón?
Ven, abrázame, mijo resplandecioso
¡Qué día frabexitacidoso! Calcalú, Olé!
El resitó con un bufido jubiloso

Fue Brillón y los tovos deslizafangosos
Que hiraron y en la nebliola frivolidaron
Todos los bosquegrovos estaban alerrachos
Y las madrecuevas se grillaron

About this poem

El Jabellón is an interpretation in Spanish of Jabberwocky, a poem by Lewis Caroll.

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Written on February 12, 1983

Submitted by gbaranoff on October 17, 2024

Modified by gbaranoff on October 17, 2024

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2 Comments
  • karlcfolkes
    Clever use of language with a focus on phonological symmetry and correspondences to deliver the jabberwocky message of Lewis Carroll (Charles Dodgson), with the first and last stanzas of the poem serving as a poetic inclusion to effectively wrap the poem around itself. Nicely done! 
    LikeReply15 hours ago
  • alanswansea18
    Beautiful.
    LikeReply1 day ago

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