Translation by VL user Chaered in 2026. First posted on VL, on 2026-02-12; not reviewed yet. Analysis posted to submissions/Aesops: LINK .
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Motto: The wicked deserve no aid.
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【1】 Hollo ar Rusco
► The Cock & the Fox
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【3】 Rusco nánë atina remmanen uma fastima amauressë, pan utúliës acca areä ar' i Cemenduro porocë-cöa.
► A Fox was caught in a trap one fine morning, because he had got too near the Farmer's hen house.
¶ Tancavë saicanes, mal sa únë failata pilië.
► No doubt he was hungry, but that was not an excuse for stealing.
¶ Hollo, ye eccuinunë arinya, túvë tai tulluyénë.
► A Cock, rising early, discovered what had happened.
¶ Sintes í Rusco únë polë anya se, epetai mennë nicë areä, cottorya mára ceniën.
► He knew the Fox could not get at him, so he went a little closer to get a good look at his enemy.
【4】 I Rusco cennë uþiënna níca ecesta.
► The Fox saw a slender chance of escape.
【5】 “Melda málo,” eques, “Nánen vin meninyassë na cecenna engwa rendo, yá loipanten sina remmanna ar olanen aqua rembina.
► "Dear friend," he said, "I was just on my way to visit a sick relative, when I stumbled into this string and got all tangled up.
¶ Mal mecin áva quetë mon pá sa.
► But please do not tell anybody about it.
¶ Munin tyarë nairë mon, ar nanyë tanca i ron poluvan nyanda sina þerma mi nihtannar.”
► I dislike causing sorrow to anybody, and I am sure I can soon gnaw this string to pieces."
【6】 Mal únë ecë cupta i Hollon tallë aþcarë.
► But the Cock was not to be so easily fooled.
¶ Ron valtanë quanna porocë-tarwa, ar yá i Cemendur ettullë norila, ta nánë Heru Rusquo metta.
► He soon roused the whole hen yard, and when the Farmer came running out, that was the end of Mr. Fox.
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【8】 Eques: Olca ui valasta áþë.
► Motto: The wicked deserve no aid.
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