Aesop 082: The Wolf & the Goat
Attribution
Translated into Quenya by Chaered in 2026.
Notes
First posted on VL, on 2026-07-07. Analysis posted to submissions/Aesops: VL.
Motto: An invitation prompted by selfishness is not to be accepted.
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【1】 Ñarmo ar Naico
► The Wolf & the Goat
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【3】 Maita Ñarmo tuntanë Naico ye néranë aiqua aicuva ingassë, yassë aqua únë ecë sen anya hye.
► A hungry Wolf spied a Goat browsing at the top of a steep cliff where he could not possibly get at her.
【4】 “Ta ná anaraxeä nómë lyen,” holtunes, lan nentanes ná tíreleä quima i Naico ná varna.
► "That is a very dangerous place for you," he called out, pretending to be very anxious about the Goat's safety.
¶ “Yé cé taltuval!
► "What if you should fall!
¶ Mecin i analastalyen ar núyuvalyë!
► Please listen to me and come down!
¶ Sissë ecuva lyen ñetë yalca merilyë arilelya, armalaqua salqueo i turmenessë.”
► Here you can get all you want of the finest, tenderest grass in the country."
【5】 I Naico tirnë lá i aicuva cimba.
► The Goat looked over the edge of the cliff.
【6】 “Tandë ríþula cimbeälyë inyen,” eques, “ar tallë antaitë nalyë salquelyanen!
► "How very, very anxious you are about me," she said, "and how generous you are with your grass!
¶ Mal istanyel!
► But I know you!
¶ Ná imleva maitië pá ya sáneälyë, ú ninya!”
► It's your own appetite you are thinking of, not mine!"
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【8】 Eques: Vá þáquetë milmello naþyalië.
► Motto: An invitation prompted by selfishness is not to be accepted.