The Wolf and the Lamb
by Æsop (or someone else of the same name)
Translated 2005/8 from an English version by Joseph Jacobs in the
Harvard Classics. (Key to abbreviations)
ajsǒpǒs-ram
dâm-ř
θuň
{lěpyr
pe
běrînku-ĵĭn}
AEsop-NAME
authorship-from
story
"wolf
and
sheep-young"
vĭj
sǒ
mje
i,
fuŋ
ř
pwĭm
ĥy-i
vâ-oŋ-zô
time
certain
past
at
spring
from
water
PAT-at
digestion-into-V.ACT
lěpyr
tu-i.
re
i
θ-i-j
ŋy
mětyr
srǒ
i,
wolf
AGT-at
place
at
below-at-near
distance
meter
several
at
sĭ-ny
sâm-bô
ř
vâ-oŋ-zô
běrînku-ĵĭn
river-small
same-ADJ
from
digestion-into-V.ACT
sheep-young
mew
tu-i.
ƥ
kâ-i
rĭm
i,
zym-zô
lěpyr
tu-i
also
AGT-at
3
ATT-at
seeing
when
think-V.ACT
wolf
AGT-at
Φǒ:
{Ќ
ŝâj-i
mrân
gǒ,
kujm-ŋĭn
rjâ-i
QUOTE
1
possession-to
feast
behold
motive-comment
seek-at
ðu-van
zym-tru-zô
bǒ.}
able-V.STATE
think-find-V.ACT
if
Once upon a time, a wolf was drinking from a spring.
A few meters downstream from there, a lamb was drinking
from the same stream. Seeing this, the wolf thought
"There's a feast for me, if I can come up with an excuse."
běrînku
ŋâw-o
twâ-ƥ-zô
Φǒ:
{?kujm
nǒ
o
sĭ
ĥy-i
sheep
call-to
say-3-V.ACT
QUOTE
motive
Q.WH
to
river
PAT-at
ĥâm-fwa-ť-zô,
tyn-lǒ
i
vâ-oŋ-Ќ-zô.}
dirt-CAUS-2-V.ACT
place-REL
at
digestion-into-1-V.ACT
He said to the lamb, "Why are you muddying the water where
I'm drinking?"
ƥ-ĵĭn
tu-i
twâ-zô
Φǒ:
{ce
heŋ.
re
i
ĥâm-da
ŋĭn-i
3-young
AGT-at
say-V.ACT
QUOTE
this
not
3.place
at
dirt-full
CMT-at
pwĭm
mĭ-i
bǒ,
mǒj
ce
mĭ-i
Ќ
gân-ř
še
heŋ,
water
TOP-at
if
but
this
TOP-at
1
cause-from
possibly
not
ŝǒn
ť
s-ř
Ќ
θ-o
flu-van
sĭ
mĭ-i.}
therefore
2
above-from
1
below-to
flow-V.STATE
river
TOP-at
He said, "That's not so. If the water is dirty, it can't be because
of me, because the stream flows down from you to me."
frâ-zô
jǒj
lěpyr
tu-i
Φǒ:
{?gân
nǒ
ř
ask-V.ACT
again
wolf
AGT-at
QUOTE
cause
Q.WH
from
fîsuň-bly
se-cĭ-pa
i
Ќ
mĭ-i
gju-ť-zô
sâ-cô-bô.}
Earth-orbit
minus-one-ORD
at
1
TOP-at
speak-2-V.ACT
approval-OPP2-ADJ
The wolf asked: "Why did you talk bad about me last year?"
frâ-θaj-zô
běrînku-ĵĭn
tu-i
Φǒ:
{ce
še
heŋ,
ask-OPP-V.ACT
sheep-young
AGT
QUOTE
this
possibly
not
ŝǒj
Ќ
ŝu-i
gědĭm-zla
mĭ-i
lyn-bly
because
1
having.qualities-at
day-whole.set
TOP-at
Moon-orbit
ĉu-dâ-bô
zen
i-l
ƴu-van.}
two-three-ADJ
only
at-through
duration-V.STATE
The lamb replied, "That can't be, because my life has been only six
months."
ħâň-zô
lěpyr
tu-i
Φǒ:
{ce
mĭ-i
hum-ga-van
heŋ,
yell-V.ACT
wolf
AGT-at
QUOTE
this
TOP-at
deep-MET-V.STATE
not
ŝǒj
ce
ĥy-i
ryň-ť-zô
heŋ
bǒ,
ʝǒn
because
this
PAT-at
do-2-V.ACT
not
if
therefore.inference
ť
lĭw-i
kyn
tu-i
vǒm.}
2
relationship-at
parent
AGT-at
indeed
The wolf cried, "This is not important, because if you did not,
your parent did."