Aesop 005: The Fox & the Grapes
Attribution
Translated into Quenya by Chaered in 2025. Reviewed for language by Eruyá Þorondil in 2026.
Notes
Number 15 in the Perry Aesop index. See also Wikipedia. First posted on VL, on 2025-12-17. 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: There are many who pretend to despise and belittle that which is beyond their reach.
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【1】 Rusco ar Mirupior
► e·Rusc ah i·Mirybin
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【3】 Rusco umaurë tuntanë vanya marina mirupiosta ya linganë liantessë latila pelas i olbar aldo.
► Er aur rusc dírant banu vain na mirybin gîw glingol od longalas bela gylf galadh.
¶ I mirupior nemner feryë ruviën piryanen, ar i Ruscuva songassë celunë lan tirnes tai xaraila.
► i·Mirybin eníver i ragathar aen vo haw, a gobem e·rusc greithast lo edir ah anírant din.
【4】 I piosta linganë orna olbassë, ar maunë i Rusquen capë sanna.
► i·Mirybin ‘lingasser o ‘olf vrand, a boe eni rusc cabed na den.
¶ Minya lussë yá campes, loitanesses háya.
► e·Lû vinui agamp n’ e·‘olf edhiw den.
¶ Epetai patanes öa þenna menanen ar norila campes tanna, mal lanantes öa ata.
► To badrast gwa haeras⁴ thent, a lo norol agamp na den, air dewed lû dadui.
¶ At' ar ata rinces, mal lustavë.
► Ad ah ad rithast, ach edhiw.
【5】 Sí harunes ar tirnes i mirupior feuvénen.
► Hí achodh ah edir i·mirybin vin dêl.
【6】 “Taitë aut nanyë,” eques.
► “Ni fôf,” ebent.
¶ “Ela lumbateänyë na ñetë piosta naxë mirupióron yai uir valasta hacë.”
► “Sí mudassen am banu na mirybin uir a thi ú-vill nan e·vavras nín.”
【7】 Ar öa patanes laca, laca yaiwenen.::
► A phadrast dhae-iaewen gwa.
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【9】 Eques: Linë lië nentar nattira ar yaita tai ná han anyaitiëlta.
► Pess: Lae gwaith nennar agreithad ah eithad naid athar e·raeth dín.