Aesop's The Lion and the Mouse in English and Occidental, interlinear / Li Leon e li Mus de Aesop in Occidental e anglesi, interlinear

These fables in Latin and English are quite a lot of fun and I've decided to translate one into Occidental as well. I've kept most of the English as is but have changed a bit here and there to bring it into line with modern English, but most of the original feel is there.

It would be nice to see it with a few old drawings and perhaps in a font like this one but more legible:


Here it is:

(corrections welcome of course -- edit: corrections have been made by Steve Rice.)

The Lion tired   from heat   and running,
Li  Leon fatigat pro  calore e   currida,

was   at rest   under the shade, upon the green Grass.
esset in repose in    li  ombre, sur  li  verdi herbe.

A  troop  of Mice  ran    over  his back and he awoke,
Un truppe de muses curret súper su  dorse e  il se avigilat,

and caught one of them. The captive
e   captet un  de les.  Li  prisonario

begs and cries, that he does not merit the
peti  e   cria, que  il    ne merite   li

wrath of the lion. The lion, judging
colere  del  leon. Li  leon, judicante

that there would not be any    value  in
que     ne vell esser   alquel valore in

the death of such a little beast, dismisses the
li  morte de un tal litt  bestie, demisse   li

prisoner.   Not long after, the lion, running
prisonario. Pos ne   long,  li  leon, current

through the forest, he falls into  a  trap;   he
tra    li  forest,  il cade   in   un trappe; il

roars, but cannot   escape. The mouse
rugi,  ma  ne posse escapar. Li mus

hears the lion roaring miserably,    he knows   his
audi  li  leon rugir   miserabilmen, il conosse su

voice, he creeps into  the holes, seeks  the knots
voce,  il repte  ad-in li  fores, sercha li  nodes

of the cords;  finds what he sought, and
del   cordes; trova quo  il serchat, e

having found them, gnaws them apart. The lion
hant   trovat los, rode  los  apart. Li  leon

escapes out of the pit.
escapa     ex   li puteo.


MORAL.

This fable recommends clemency to men   with power.
Ti   fabul recommenda clementie a homes con  potentie.

For     so     unstable are human affairs,
Pro que talmen ínstabil es  human aferes,

potentates themselves need   sometimes the help
potentates self       besona quelcvez  li  auxilie

of the lowest.   Wherefore a prudent Man, though
del   max bass.  Pro to   un hom prudent, benque

be can,   will fear to hurt even a  weak man;
il posse, va   timer nocer  mem  un debil hom;

but he who fears not to hurt another is very
ma  il quel ne time   nocer  altri   es tre

foolish. Why so? Because, although relying on
folli.  Pro quo? Proque,  benque   fidente a

his power,    he fears no body; perhaps hereafter
su  potentie, il time   nequí;  fórsan  in futur

it will happen, that he will fear.  For    it is
it va   evenir, que  il va   timer. Proque it es

evident that it has happened to great and famous
evident que  it ha  evenit   a  grand  e  famosi

kings, that either they have stood     in need  of the
reyes, que  o      ili  ha   trovat se in beson del

favour of mean    men,   or have feared
favore de mediocri homes, o  ha  timet

their anger.
lor   colere.