Translated into Quenya by Chaered in 2025. Reviewed for language by Laiqua in 2026.
First posted on VL, on 2025-12-20 Analysis posted to submissions/Aesops: VL.
Note: The author does not wish that this Quenya text be used to train AI.
Motto: Precious things are without value to those who cannot prize them.
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【1】 Hollo ar Mírë
► The Cock & the Jewel
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【3】 Hollo caraitë nyáþanë ar sápanë rimbi tuviën ma matiën insen ar nosseryan, yá ecestanen túves mirwa mírë ya öamorya róviénë.
► A Cock was busily scratching and scraping about to find something to eat for himself and his family, when he happened to turn up a precious jewel that had been lost by its owner.
【4】 “Aiya!” equë i Hollo.
► "Aha!" said the Cock.
¶ “Tancavë nalyë ammirwa ar issë ye róvë lye cé antauva laca meter tuvë lye.
► "No doubt you are very costly and he who lost you would give a great deal to find you.
¶ Mal inyen, cé ciluvan erinqua findori epë ilyë míri Ambaressë.”
► But as for me, I would choose a single grain of barleycorn before all the jewels in the world."
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【6】 Eques: Mirwa nat penë mirma sen ye ui ista mirta sa.
► Motto: Precious things are without value to those who cannot prize them.
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