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From: John Piet
Remote Name: 68.228.40.220
Date: 11/14/2012
Time: 04:08:18 PM
Rich, Thanks for the picture. The word is clearly not umlauted. I do not think that it is a typo. The word Mucken (moods) is more closely related to Verdruß (frustration) und Ärger (annoyance). I do think that the writer intended a play on words because of the closeness in sounds and spelling of Mucken and Mücken, and mosquitos or gnats are annoying pests. --- This verse is part of Roy De Selms' "Translations Illustrated" work that can be found in the Reading Room. Here is a preview of this translation. --- http://tinyurl.com/a7bd4ww --- Thanks for your help in making sense of it. If anyone would like to contribute pictures of a stein with a verse that you would like translated, please send them to Roy or the Webmaster.