Aesop 006: The Wolf & the Crane
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Translation by VL user Chaered in 2025. First posted on VL, on 2025-12-30; not reviewed yet.
Missing words: grasping in nature.
Motto: Expect no reward for serving the wicked.
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| No. | Quenya | Tengwar | Means |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ñarmo ar Araliltaro | | The Wolf & the Crane |
| 2 | -- | | -- |
| 3 | Ñarmo mammataniénë laptenen, ar axo hímiénë rempavë hluncuryassë. | | A Wolf had been feasting too greedily, and a bone had stuck crosswise in his throat. |
| Únes polles orta yula núta sa, ar aþahanyë únes pollë matë aima. | | He could get it neither up nor down, and of course he could not eat a thing. | |
| Aþahanyë ta nánë aica tarmë láveär Ñarmon. | | Naturally that was an awful state of affairs for a greedy Wolf. | |
| 4 | Etta ronganë i Araliltaronna. | | So away he hurried to the Crane. |
| Nánes tanca i issë, ó andë langorya ar mén, aþcárima poluva anya i axo ar ettucë sa. | | He was sure that she, with her long neck and bill, would easily be able to reach the bone and pull it out. | |
| 5 | “Antauvanyë lyen alta paityalë,” equë i Ñarmo, “qui ettucuvalyë tana axo nillo.” | | "I will reward you very handsomely," said the Wolf, "if you pull that bone out for me." |
| 6 | I Araliltaro, ve ecë lyen intya, nánë antíreleä pá mitta caryanen Ñarmo hlungonna. | | The Crane, as you can imagine, was very uneasy about putting her head in a Wolf's throat. |
| Mal nánes ?? ?? ??, saro carnes ya i Ñarmo iquiryanë sen carë. | | But she was grasping in nature, so she did what the Wolf asked her to do. | |
| 7 | Yá i Ñarmo appanë í axo nánë vanwa, patunes öa. | | When the Wolf felt that the bone was gone, he started to walk away. |
| 8 | “Mal mana pá paityalenya!” holtunë i Araliltaro tíreleä. | | "But what about my reward!" called the Crane anxiously. |
| 9 | “Mana!” yarranë i Ñarmo, lan hwinyanes nan. | | "What!" snarled the Wolf, whirling around. |
| “Ma uiëlyë cavë ta? Ma lá fáreä i láven lyen tucë carelya antonyallo ú hó-narciéo sa?” | | "Haven't you got it? Isn't it enough that I let you take your head out of my mouth without snapping it off?" | |
| 10 | -- | | -- |
| 11 | Eques: Vá merë paityalë riþiëllo olcar. | | Motto: Expect no reward for serving the wicked. |