Aesop 053: The Ass Carrying the Image

【1】 Pellopë Colila Emma

  

► The Ass Carrying the Image

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【3】 Cólaner aina Emma cordanna.

    

► A sacred Image was being carried to the temple.

¶ Nánes tacina Pellopessë rína ar quilin mírë roccolannínen, ar elentaula combanta airimóron ar þámoron hilyanë sa ter i tiër.

                    

► It was mounted on an Ass adorned with garlands and gorgeous trappings, and a grand procession of priests and pages followed it through the streets.

¶ Lan i Pellopë patanë ener, i lië cumber carinta aitaleávë hya talanter occatsë, ar i Pellopë sávë í aitalë mehtanë issë.

                       

► As the Ass walked along, the people bowed their heads reverently or fell on their knees, and the Ass thought the honor was being paid to himself.

【4】 Ó carya quanta sina auca intyanen, tallë tiunes valaténen ar imbalaténen i pustanes ar yesentë rama romya.

                  

► With his head full of this foolish idea, he became so puffed up with pride and vanity that he halted and started to bray loudly.

¶ Mal enel lirulerya, ratsorya intinyë manaitë tenna i Pellopë ñétiénë caryassë, ar yesentë palpa hye pen ócamië olbanen.

                    

► But in the midst of his song, his driver guessed what the Ass had got into his head, and began to beat him unmercifully with a stick.

【5】 “Mená, ityë auca Pellopë,” holtunes. “Uiltë aita tye, lau i emma ya cólatyë.”

                 

► "Go along with you, you stupid Ass," he cried. "The honor is not meant for you but for the image you are carrying."

【7】 Eques: Vá ricë napë laitalë imlen ya möa hyanain cavë.

           

► Motto: Do not try to take the credit to yourself that is due to others.