Aesop 087: The Peacock & the Crane
Attribution
Translated into Quenya by Chaered in 2026.
Notes
First posted on VL, on 2026-06-17; not reviewed yet. Analysis posted to submissions/Aesops: VL.
Motto: The useful is of much more importance and value, than the ornamental.
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【1】 Hendelúpeä Cecet ar Araliltaro
► The Peacock & the Crane
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【3】 Hendelúpeä Cecet, tiuyaila imbalaténen, túvë Araliltaro umaurë, ar elentiën hye pantanes maira pimperya armassen.
► A Peacock, puffed up with vanity, met a Crane one day, and to impress him spread his gorgeous tail in the Sun.
【4】 “Á tirë,” eques. “Mana samilyë vétiën ó si? Colinyë quanna alcar helyanweo, mal quesselyar nár þindë ve asto!”
► "Look," he said. "What have you to compare with this? I am dressed in all the glory of the rainbow, while your feathers are gray as dust!"
【5】 I Araliltaro pantanë landu rámaryat ar amavillë na Anar.
► The Crane spread his broad wings and flew up toward the sun.
【6】 “Á hilya ni qui polilyë,” eques.
► "Follow me if you can," he said.
¶ Mal i Hendelúpeä Cecet tarnë yassë nánes imbë i aiwi i santo, lan i Araliltaro amavillë lériëssë haiya callenna.
► But the Peacock stood where he was among the birds of the barnyard, while the Crane soared in freedom far up into the blue sky.
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【8】 Eques: Yuhtaimalë valda laca epë vanitië.
► Motto: The useful is of much more importance and value, than the ornamental.