Aesop 006: The Wolf & the Crane
Attribution
Translated into Quenya by Chaered in 2025. Reviewed for language by Laiqua in 2026, and Parmandil in 2026.
Notes
First posted on VL, on 2025-12-30. Analysis posted to submissions/Aesops: VL. The Sindarin translation is by Rínor, retrieved 2026-09-25.
Note: The author does not permit that this Quenya text be used to train AI.
Motto: Expect no reward for serving the wicked.
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| No. | Quenya | Tengwar | Means |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ñarmo ar Araliltaro | | The Wolf & the Crane |
| 2 | -- | | -- |
| 3 | Ñarmo mammataniénë laptenen, ar axo hímiénë rempavë hluncuryassë. | | A Wolf had been feasting too greedily, and a bone had stuck crosswise in his throat. |
| Uis pollë orta alatwë núta sa, ar aþahanyë uis pollë matë aima. | | He could get it neither up nor down, and of course he could not eat a thing. | |
| Aþahanyë ta nánë aica tarmë accamátala Ñarmon. | | Naturally that was an awful state of affairs for a greedy Wolf. | |
| 4 | San ronganë i Araliltaronna. | | So away he hurried to the Crane. |
| Nánes tanca i issë, ó andë lango ar mén, aþcárima poluva anya i axo ar ettucë sa. | | He was sure that she, with her long neck and bill, would easily be able to reach the bone and pull it out. | |
| 5 | “Antauvanyë lyen alta paityalë,” equë i Ñarmo, “qui ettucuvalyë tana axo nillo.” | | "I will reward you very handsomely," said the Wolf, "if you pull that bone out for me." |
| 6 | I Araliltaro, ve ecë lyen intya, nánë antíreleä pá mitta carya Ñarmo hluncunna. | | The Crane, as you can imagine, was very uneasy about putting her head in a Wolf's throat. |
| Mal nasserya nánë milmeo, saro carnes ya i Ñarmo iquiryanë sen carë. | | But she was grasping in nature, so she did what the Wolf asked her to do. | |
| 7 | Yá i Ñarmo tuntanë í axo nánë vanwa, patunes öa. | | When the Wolf felt that the bone was gone, he started to walk away. |
| 8 | “Mal mana pá paityalenya!” holtunë i Araliltaro tíreleä. | | "But what about my reward!" called the Crane anxiously. |
| 9 | “Mana!” yarranë i Ñarmo, lan hwinyanes nan. | | "What!" snarled the Wolf, whirling around. |
| “Ma uilyë acávië ta? Ma lá fáreä i láven lyen tucë carelya songanyallo ú hó-narciéno sa?” | | "Haven't you got it? Isn't it enough that I let you take your head out of my mouth without snapping it off?" | |
| 10 | -- | | -- |
| 11 | Eques: Vá merë paityalë riþiëllo olcar. | | Motto: Expect no reward for serving the wicked. |