Aesop 026: The Dog & His Reflection
Attribution
Translated into Quenya by Chaered in 2026.
Notes
First posted on VL, on 2026-03-01; not reviewed yet. Translation ongoing.
Missing words: for dear life, scramble.
Note: The author does not wish that this Quenya text be used to train AI.
Motto: It is very foolish to be greedy.
Also potentially available in Sindarin at: Sindarin crash course
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| No. | Quenya | Tengwar | Means |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Röa ar Angalcenerya | | The Dog & His Reflection |
| 2 | -- | | -- |
| 3 | Röa, yenna celvacir hátiénë axo, rongeánë mar ó artanwarya ta lintië ve pollë norë. | | A Dog, to whom the butcher had thrown a bone, was hurrying home with his prize as fast as he could go. |
| Lan langanes náha patayanta, tullunë i tirnes nunna ar cennes insë ?? i calaina nenessë ve angalénen. | | As he crossed a narrow footbridge, he happened to look down and saw himself reflected in the quiet water as if in a mirror. | |
| Mal i milca Röa sannë i cennes nanwa Röa colila axo lai amhöa epë ????. | | But the greedy Dog thought he saw a real Dog carrying a bone much bigger than his own. | |
| 4 | Quíta cé pustanes úviën, san sintiévanes arya. | | If he had stopped to think he would have known better. |
| Mal anat uvië, minomë lanantes axorya ar campes i Röanna i sírissë, ?? ?? tuvë insë luntë ?? ?? ?? na anya i hresta. | | But instead of thinking, he dropped his bone and sprang at the Dog in the river, only to find himself swimming for dear life to reach the shore. | |
| Teldavë polles ?? ?? ??, ar lan tarnes naireävë sanaila pá i mára axo ya róviénë, sinunes yaitë auca Röa naiénes. | | At last he managed to scramble out, and as he stood sadly thinking about the good bone he had lost, he realized what a stupid Dog he had been. | |
| 5 | -- | | -- |
| 6 | Eques: Ná anauca, návë milca. | | Motto: It is very foolish to be greedy. |