Aesop 008: The Gnat & the Bull
Attribution
Translated into Quenya by Chaered in 2025. Reviewed for language by Laiqua.
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Number 137 in the Perry Aesop index. See also Wikipedia. First posted on VL, on 2025-12-09 Analysis posted to submissions/Aesops: VL.
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Motto: We are often of greater importance in our own eyes than in the eyes of our neighbor.
Motto: The smaller the mind the greater the conceit.
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【1】 Itsincë ar Mundo
► The Gnat & the Bull
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【3】 Itsincë villë or salquenor, ó laca vussië tallë titta veollo, ar harunë Mundo rasseo mentessë.
► A Gnat flew over the meadow with much buzzing for so small a creature and settled on the tip of one of the horns of a Bull.
¶ Epeni sériénes ter þenna lúmë, feryanes viluë.
► After he had rested a short time, he made ready to fly away.
¶ Mal nó lonyes, mences i Mundon avatyarë sen yuhtiërya hyeo rassë ve andorië.
► But before he left he begged the Bull's pardon for having used his horn for a resting place.
【4】 “É alaryalyë i loianyel sí,” eques.
► "You must be very glad to have me go now," he said.
【5】 “Sama ui valda nin,” hanquentë i Mundo.
► "It's all the same to me," replied the Bull.
¶ “É, únen ista i engelyë tassë.”
► "I did not even know you were there."
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【7】 Eques: Lillumë valdalmë hendulmassë ambë epë yandë armaróva hendussë.
► Motto: We are often of greater importance in our own eyes than in the eyes of our neighbor.
【8】 Eques: Sívë níca i indo, tambë höa i imbalatë.
► Motto: The smaller the mind the greater the conceit.