Editing Nonsense verse (section)

== Other languages ==

[[Russia]]n nonsense poets include [[Daniil Kharms]] and [[Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy]], particularly his work under the pseudonym [[Kozma Prutkov]], and some [[France|French]] exponents are [[Charles Cros]] and [[Robert Desnos]]. The best-known Dutch Nonsense poet is Cees Buddingh'. On Indian language [[Bengalis|Bengali]] [[Sukumar Roy]] is the pioneer of nonsense poems and is very famous for writing children's literature. [[Abol Tabol]] is the best collection of nonsense verse in [[Bengali language]].

Among [[Germany|German]] nonsense writers, [[Christian Morgenstern]] and [[Ringelnatz]] are the most widely known, and are both still popular, while [[Robert Gernhardt]] is a contemporary example. Morgenstern's "[[The Nasobame|''Das Nasobēm'']]" is an imaginary being like the Jabberwock, although less frightful:

{{Verse translation|lang=de|
Auf seinen Nasen schreitet
einher das Nasobēm,
von seinem Kind begleitet.
Es steht noch nicht im [[Brehms Tierleben|Brehm]].
Es steht noch nicht im [[Meyers Konversations-Lexikon|Meyer]].
Und auch im [[Brockhaus Enzyklopädie|Brockhaus]] nicht.
Es trat aus meiner Leyer
zum ersten Mal ans Licht.
Auf seinen Nasen schreitet
(wie schon gesagt) seitdem,
von seinem Kind begleitet,
einher das Nasobēm.
|
Upon its noses strideth
Onward the Noseybum,
With it its young abideth.
It's not yet found in Brehm.
It's not yet found in Meyer.
And neither in Brockhaus.
It trotted from my lyre,
Its first time in the light.
Upon its noses strideth
(As said before) thencefrom,
With it its young abideth,
Onward the Noseybum.
}}

The following observation by [[F.W. Bernstein]] has practically become a [[German language|German]] proverb.
{{Verse translation|lang=de|
Die schärfsten Kritiker der Elche
waren früher selber welche
|
The sharpest critics of the elks
used to be ones themselves
}}

[[Julio Cortázar]], the Argentine writer, was famous for playing with language in several works.

Besides the above, there is a special variation of Nonsense Verses called 颠倒歌 (upside down songs) in Chinese. They tend to make stuff happen the opposite way, for example:
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Simplified Characters
!Traditional Characters
!Pinyin
!Bopomofo
!Literal Translation
|-
|吃牛奶
|吃牛奶
|chī niú nǎi
|ㄔ ㄋㄧㄡˊ ㄋㄞˇ
|I ate the milk,
|-
|喝面包
|喝麵包
|hē miàn bāo
|ㄏㄜ ㄇㄧㄢˋ ㄅㄠ
|Drank the bread,
|-
|夹起火车上皮包
|夾起火車上皮包
|jiā qǐ huǒ chē shàng pí bāo
|ㄐㄧㄚ ㄑㄧˇ ㄏㄨㄛˇ ㄔㄜ ㄕㄤˋ ㄆㄧˊ ㄅㄠ
|Clinged on my train just to catch up the purse;
|-
|东西街
|東西街
|dōng xī jiē
|ㄉㄨㄥ ㄒㄧ ㄐㄧㄝ
|On the east–west street,
|-
|南北走
|南北走
|nán běi zǒu
|ㄋㄢˊ ㄅㄟˇ ㄗㄡˇ
|I walked north–south;
|-
|看见一个人咬狗
|看見一個人咬狗
|kàn jiàn yī gè rén yǎo gǒu
|ㄎㄢˋ ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄧ ㄍㄜˋ ㄖㄣˊ ㄧㄠˇ ㄍㄡˇ
|I saw a person biting a dog,
|-
|捡起狗来打砖头
|撿起狗來打磚頭
|jiǎn qǐ gǒu lái dǎ zhuān tóu
|ㄐㄧㄢˇ ㄑㄧˇ ㄍㄡˇ ㄌㄞˊ ㄉㄚˇ ㄓㄨㄢ ㄊㄡˊ
|He picked up the dog to beat a brick,
|-
|反被砖头咬一口
|反被磚頭咬一口
|fǎn bèi zhuān tóu yǎo yī kǒu
|ㄈㄢˇ ㄅㄟˋ ㄓㄨㄢ ㄊㄡˊ ㄧㄠˇ ㄧ ㄎㄡˇ
|Only to get bitten by the brick.
|}