Edgar Allan Poe
The Cask of Amontillado
Das Fass Amontillado
Montresor has vowed revenge on his friend Fortunato for an insult, and means to punish him without ever being blamed. On an evening of carnival madness, he leads the wine-proud Fortunato down into the damp catacombs beneath his palazzo, to taste a cask of supposed Amontillado.
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How it begins
The thousand injuries of Fortunato I had borne as I best could; but when he ventured upon insult, I vowed revenge. You, who so well know the nature of my soul, will not suppose, however, that I gave utterance to a threat.
Die tausend Kränkungen durch Fortunato hatte ich ertragen, so gut ich konnte; doch als er es wagte, mich zu beleidigen, schwor ich Rache. Du, der du die Natur meiner Seele so gut kennst, wirst jedoch nicht annehmen, dass ich eine Drohung aussprach.
At length I would be avenged; this was a point definitively settled—but the very definitiveness with which it was resolved, precluded the idea of risk. I must not only punish, but punish with impunity.
Endlich wollte ich gerächt sein; dies war ein Punkt, der endgültig feststand – doch gerade die Endgültigkeit, mit der er beschlossen war, schloss den Gedanken an ein Risiko aus. Ich durfte nicht nur bestrafen, sondern musste ungestraft bestrafen.
A wrong is unredressed when retribution overtakes its redresser. It is equally unredressed when the avenger fails to make himself felt as such to him who has done the wrong.
Ein Unrecht bleibt ungesühnt, wenn die Vergeltung den Rächer einholt. Es bleibt ebenso ungesühnt, wenn der Rächer es versäumt, sich demjenigen, der das Unrecht begangen hat, als solcher bemerkbar zu machen.
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- The Cask of Amontillado · English (original)C1 Advanced · 2,316 words · ~15 min · Audio
- Das Fass Amontillado · GermanC1 Advanced · 2,330 words · ~15 min · Audio
- Το βαρέλι του Αμοντιλιάδο · GreekC1 Advanced · 2,161 words · ~10 min
- El barril de amontillado · SpanishC1 Advanced · 2,122 words · ~10 min · Audio
- La Barrique d’amontillado · FrenchC1 Advanced · 2,538 words · ~15 min · Audio
- अमोंतिलादो का पीपा · HindiC1 Advanced · 2,572 words · ~15 min
- Tong Amontillado · IndonesianC1 Advanced · 2,037 words · ~10 min
- La botte di Amontillado · ItalianC1 Advanced · 2,029 words · ~10 min
- アモンティリャードの酒樽 · JapaneseC1 Advanced
- 아몬틸라도의 술통 · KoreanC1 Advanced · 1,797 words · ~10 min
- Het vat Amontillado · DutchC1 Advanced · 2,440 words · ~15 min
- Beczka Amontillado · PolishC1 Advanced · 1,890 words · ~10 min
- O Barril de Amontillado · PortugueseC1 Advanced · 2,206 words · ~10 min
- Butoiul de Amontillado · RomanianC1 Advanced · 2,230 words · ~10 min
- Amontillado Fıçısı · TurkishC1 Advanced · 1,692 words · ~10 min
- Thùng rượu Amontillado · VietnameseC1 Advanced · 3,001 words · ~15 min
- 一桶阿蒙蒂亚度酒 · ChineseC1 Advanced
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