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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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【1】 Ranyaru ar Ear

  

► The Travelers & the Sea

【2】 --



► --

【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.

【9】 --



► --

【10】 Eques: Vá lavë estelelyain colë lye nanwiëllo.

        

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

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