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Aesop 066: The Travelers & the Sea

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Translation by VL user Chaered in 2025. First posted on VL, on 2025-12-15; not reviewed yet.

Missing words: water-soaked.

Motto: Do not let your hopes carry you away from reality.

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No. Quenya Tengwar Means
1 Ranyaru ar Ear    The Travelers & the Sea
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3 Ranyar atta vanteánë ara falassë.       Two Travelers were walking along the seashore.
Cenneltë háya ma lutila to i falmar.         Far out they saw something riding on the waves.
4 “Ela,” equë sitwë, “alta cirya lutë sinna hairë nórelillon, colila mirwë harmar!”                "Look," said one, "a great ship rides in from distant lands, bearing rich treasures!"
5 I engwë ya cenneltë tullë en amareä i falassenna.           The object they saw came ever nearer the shore.
6 “Fó,” equë tatwë, “ta lás harma-cirya.          "No," said the other, "that is not a treasure ship.
Ta ná uma lingwimo luntë, ó réo yávië matsë lingwion.”             That is some fisherman's skiff, with the day's catch of savoury fish."
7 En amareä i engwë tullë.       Still nearer came the object.
I falmar nirneltë sa falassenna.       The waves washed it up on shore.
8 “Nás colca quanta maltanen, rovina uma cirya-suviëllo,” holtuneltë.            "It is a chest of gold lost from some wreck," they cried.
Yúyu Ranyaru alacantë hrestanna, mal tassë túvettë rië nén ?? ran.              Both Travelers rushed to the beach, but there they found nothing but a water-soaked log.
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10 Eques: Vá lavë estelelyain colë lye nanwiëllo.          Motto: Do not let your hopes carry you away from reality.

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