Aesop 005: The Fox & the Grapes
Attribution
Translated into Quenya by Chaered in 2025.
Notes
Number 15 in the Perry Aesop index. See also Wikipedia. First posted on VL, on 2025-12-17; not reviewed yet. Analysis posted to submissions/Aesops: VL. The Sindarin translation is by Rínor, retrieved 2026-04-25.
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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 ban bain na mirybin gîw ‘lingol od longalas bela golf galadh.
¶ I mirupior nemner feryë ruviën piryanen, ar i Ruscuva songassë celunë lan tirnes tai xaraila.
► i·Mirybin eníver ve 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 ‘lingast o golf vrand, ah e·rusc baurast gabed adh raethad din.
¶ Minya lussë yá campes, loitanesses háya.
► e·Lû vinui agamp ah edhiw den vo lae.
¶ Etta patanes öa þenna menanen ar norila campes tanna, mal lanantes öa ata.
► To gbedrast gwa chaeras thent ah agor cabed norol na den, air dhewed lû dadui.
¶ At' ar ata rinces, mal lustavë.
► Ad ah ad rithast, ach edhiw.
【5】 Sí harunes ar tirnes i mirupior feuvénen.
► Si 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.”
► “Si dhrauthast im gared ban na mirybin oer i û veru nan e·vavras nín.”
【7】 Ar öa patanes laca, laca yaiwenen.::
► A phedrast iaewen gwa.
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【9】 Eques: Linë lië nentar nattira ar yaita tai ná han anyaitiëlta.
► Pess: ??