Waltey

Waltey

Kovač in psiček

Ezopove basni · Ezop / Karl Halm
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O besedilu

Kovač in psiček

Vir
Ezopove basni
Avtor
Ezop / Karl Halm
Jezik branja
English
Jezik izvirnika
Ancient Greek
Čas branja
1 min branja
Obseg
1 stran
Naslov izvirnika
413. Χαλκεὺς καὶ Κυνάριον. (F. 82. C.284 et p.397.)

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

Kovač in psiček

There was once a blacksmith who had a little dog. While he worked at his forge, the dog slept; but when he sat down to eat, it was wide awake. One day he tossed it a bone, saying, “You wretched, sleepy little dog, what am I to do with you, so overcome by laziness? Whenever I strike my anvil, you stretch out on your bed; but the moment I start working my jaws, up you jump and wag your tail at me.” This fable rebukes sleepy idlers who look to the labors of others for their living.

Izvirnik

413. Χαλκεὺς καὶ Κυνάριον. (F. 82. C.284 et p.397.)

Naslednje strani prikazujejo izvirno besedilo za primerjavo.

Ἦν τις χαλκεὺς κυνάριον ἔχων. Τούτου χαλκεύοντος, τὸ κυνάριον ἐκοιμᾶτο· καὶ οὖ πάλιν ἐσθίοντος, ἐγρηγόρει. Οὗτος ἐπέδῥιψψεν ὀστοῦν ταῦτα λαλῶν· ,,ὦ ταλαίπωρον κυνάριον ὑπνῶδες, τί σοι ποιήσω ὄκνῳ κατεχομένῳ; ὅτε μὲν γὰρ τὸ ἀκμώνιόν μου προσκρούσω, ἐπανακλίνεις σεαυτὸν ἐπὶ κραββάτου· ὅτε δὲ πάλιν τοὺς ὀδόντας κινήσω, εὐθύς ἐγείρῃ καὶ τὴν κέρκον μοι σείεις.“

Ὁ μῦθος οὗτος τούς ὑπνώδεις καὶ ἀργώδεις καὶ εἰς ἀλλοτρίων πόνους ἀποβλέποντας ἐλέγχει.