An Aesop fable

I pupsoli ar i lisse*cere

Pupsoli tetaina lissecerenna i undupetenen sambesse mardandurwa, sortala talirya mi sa, manter milcave. Mal i tálirya ta púrea lisinen i uar póle wile hya lerie inte, ar *quórer. Íre fírer nainaner ”nai, *hwindar yar nalme, milmen fírexer”.

Alasse camna naicelenen, nwalya.


The Flies and the Honey-Pot

A number of flies were attracted to a jar of honey which had been
overturned in a housekeeper's room, and placing their feet in it,
ate greedily. Their feet, however, became so smeared with the
honey that they could not use their wings, nor release
themselves, and were suffocated. Just as they were expiring,
they exclaimed, "O foolish creatures that we are, for the sake of
a little pleasure we have destroyed ourselves."


Pleasure bought with pains, hurts.


*cere from Early Qenya kere ”earthenware, earthenware pot”
*quor-, from Early Qenya qoro- "choke, drown".
*hwinda, from the VQP, "foolish"