Die grosse Lamentei

Because English and French are the official languages of CERN, and because the translation of every item in CERN COURIER from one language into the other already leads to sufficient trouble, many readers have unfortunately to be content with a journal that is not of their own tongue. As a very slight recompense for some of them, the following contribution, alluding to the litteral translation of the word ' antiparticle ', is included in its original German form ; others may like to amuse themselves by producing their own English or French versions.