Aesop 009: The Plane Tree
Attribution
Translated into Quenya by Chaered in 2025. Reviewed for language by Laiqua.
Notes
Number 175 in the Perry Aesop index. See also Wikipedia. Parallel to Sindarin translation of the same by VL user Rínor. First posted on VL, on 2025-12-02.
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Motto: Our best blessings are often the least appreciated.
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| No. | Quenya | Tengwar | Means |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mapalin | | The plane tree |
| 2 | -- | | -- |
| 3 | Ranyar atta, pataila endaureo árissë, þurnë i hala panta-latila aldo seriën. | | Two Travellers, walking in the noonday sun, sought the shade of a widespreading tree to rest. |
| 4 | Lan cainettë cenila ama imbë i fastimë lassi, cennettë i nánes mapalin. | | As they lay looking up among the pleasant leaves, they saw that it was a Plane Tree. |
| 5 | “Tandë alwara ná mapalíni!” equë mo. | | "How useless is the Plane!" said one of them. |
| 6 | “Uis yavë aima, ar rië tupis hún lasselínen.” | | "It bears no fruit whatever, and only serves to litter the ground with leaves." |
| 7 | “Úhantaula veot!” equë óma mapalinello. | | "Ungrateful creatures!" said a voice from the Plane Tree. |
| 8 | “Cainestë ringa halanyassë, ananta quetilyë i nanyë alwara! | | "You lie here in my cooling shade, and yet you say I am useless! |
| 9 | Sillë úhantaulavë, a Manwë, atani cavir almeltar!” | | Thus ungratefully, O Jupiter, do men receive their blessings!" |
| 10 | -- | | -- |
| 11 | Eques: Aryë almelmar hrín an·hantencë. | | Motto: Our best blessings are often the least appreciated. |
Extra
The translation uses Manwë as the ME localized equivalent of Jupiter.