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Ribič, ki je igral na piščal

Ezopove basni · Ezop / Karl Halm
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O besedilu

Ribič, ki je igral na piščal

Vir
Ezopove basni
Avtor
Ezop / Karl Halm
Jezik branja
English
Jezik izvirnika
Ancient Greek
Čas branja
1 min branja
Obseg
1 stran
Naslov izvirnika
27. Ἁλιεὺς αὐλῶν. (S. 11. C. 130 e p.332. F. 34. B.9.)

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

Ribič, ki je igral na piščal

A fisherman skilled at playing the pipes took his pipes and nets down to the sea. Standing on a jutting rock, he began to play, thinking the fish would come out of their own accord at the sound of his sweet music. But when, after playing for a long time, he had achieved nothing, he put down his pipes, picked up his casting net, and threw it into the water, catching many fish. He emptied them out of the nets onto the shore, and when he saw them flopping about, he said, “You wretched creatures! When I played, you would not dance; now that I have stopped, you do!”

This tale is apt for those who act at the wrong moment.

Izvirnik

27. Ἁλιεὺς αὐλῶν. (S. 11. C. 130 e p.332. F. 34. B.9.)

Naslednje strani prikazujejo izvirno besedilo za primerjavo.

Ἁλιεὺς αὐλητικῆς ἔμπειρος, ἀναλαβὼν τοὺς αὐλοὺς καὶ τὰ δίκτυα παρεγένετο εἰς τὴν θάλασσαν, καὶ στὰς ἐπί τινος προβλήματος πέτρας τὸ μὲν πρῶτον ᾖδε, νομίζων αὐτομάτους πρὸς τὴν ἡδυφωνίαν τοὺς ἰχθύας οὐἐξελεύσεσθαι· ὡς δʼ αὐτοῦ ἐπὶ πολὺ διατεινομένου δὲν πέρας ἠνύετο, ἀποθέμενος τοὺς αὐλοὺς ἀνείλετο τὸ ἀμφίβληστρον, καὶ βαλὼν κατὰ τοῦ ὕδατος πολλοὺς ἰχθύας ἤγρευσεν. Ἐκβαλὼν δʼ αὐτοὺς ἀπὸ τῶν δικτύων ἐπὶ τὴν ᾐόνα, ὡς ἐθεάσατο ἀσπαίροντας, ἔφη· ,,ὦ κάκιστα ζῶα, ὑμεῖς, ὅτε μὲν ηὔλουν, οὐκ ὠρχεῖσθε· νῦν δὲ, ὅτε πέπαυμαι, τοῦτο πράττετε.

Πρὸς τοὺς παρὰ καιρόν τι πράττοντας ὁ λόγος εὔκαιρος.