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Aesop 058: The Cock & the Jewel

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Translation by VL user Chaered in 2025. First posted on VL, on 2025-12-20; not reviewed yet.

Motto: Precious things are without value to those who cannot prize them.

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No. Quenya Tengwar Means
1 Hollo ar Mírë    The Cock & the Jewel
2 --  --
3 Hollo caraitë nyáþanë ar sápanë rimbi tuviën ma na matë insen ar nosseryan, yá ecestanen túves mirwa mírë ya öamorya róviénë.                        A Cock was busily scratching and scraping about to find something to eat for himself and his family, when he happened to turn up a precious jewel that had been lost by its owner.
4 “Aiya!” equë i Hollo.      "Aha!" said the Cock.
“Tancavë nalyë ammirwa ar issë ye róvë lye nai antauva laca na tuvë lye.                "No doubt you are very costly and he who lost you would give a great deal to find you.
Mal inyen, nai ciluvan erinqua findori epë ilyë míri Ambaressë.”             But as for me, I would choose a single grain of barleycorn before all the jewels in the world."
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6 Eques: Mirwa nat penë mirma sen ye ui ista mirta sa.              Motto: Precious things are without value to those who cannot prize them.

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