O besedilu
Kavka ubežnica
- Vir
- Ezopove basni
- Avtor
- Ezop / Karl Halm
- Jezik branja
- English
- Jezik izvirnika
- Ancient Greek
- Čas branja
- 1 min branja
- Obseg
- 1 stran
- Naslov izvirnika
- 202. Κολοιὸς φυγάς. (S. 130. C. 102. F. 254.)
O izvirniku
Ezopove basni
Kratke basni, kjer živali v nekaj potezah razkrijejo človeške slabosti. Bralni jezik je English, izvirnik pa prihaja iz vira Ezopove basni v jeziku Ancient Greek.
Besedilo
Kavka ubežnica
A man caught a jackdaw, tied a thread around its leg, and gave it to his children. But the bird could not bear living among humans, and as soon as it had a moment’s freedom, it escaped and flew back to its nest. The thread, however, became tangled in the branches, leaving it unable to fly away. As it lay dying, it said to itself, “Wretched creature that I am! Unable to endure captivity among humans, I have unwittingly deprived myself of life itself.” This fable applies to those who, seeking to escape moderate dangers, unwittingly fall into greater perils.
Izvirnik
202. Κολοιὸς φυγάς. (S. 130. C. 102. F. 254.)
Naslednje strani prikazujejo izvirno besedilo za primerjavo.
Κολοιόν τις συλλαβὼν καὶ δήσας τον αὐτοῦ πόδα λίνῳ, τοῖς αὑτοῦ παισὶν ἔδωκεν. Ὁ δὲ οὐχ ὑπομείνας τὴν μετʼ ἀνθρώπων δίαιταν, ὡς πρὸς ὀλίγον ἀδείας ἔτυχε, φυγὼν ἧκεν εἰς τὴν ἑαυτοῦ καλιάν. Περιειληθέντος δὲ τοῦ δεσμοῦ τοῖς κλάδοις, ἀναπτῆναι μὴ δυνάμενος, ἐπειδὴ ἀποθνήσκειν ἔμελλεν, ἔφη πρὸς ἑαυτόν· „ἀλλʼ ἔγωγε δείλαιος, ὅστις τὴν μετὰ τῶν ἀνθρώπων δουλείαν μὴ ὑπομείνας ἔλαθον ἐμαυτὸν καὶ σωτηρίας στερήσας.“
Οὗτος ὁ λόγος ἁρμόσειεν ἂν ἐπʼ ἐκείνους τῶν ἀνθρώπων, οἵτινες μετρίων ἑαυτούς κινδύνων ῥύσασθαι βουλόμενοι ἔλαθον εἰς μείζονα δεινὰ πεσόντες.
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