| idioti bufon |
Silly Asses
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| de Isaak Asimov |
By Isaac Asimov
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| paso, Naron da longohayi ras Rigeli esa nombre cari da li linye da hafiza galaksi defta.
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Naron of the long-lived Rigellian race was the fourth of his line to keep the galactic records.
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| le tena day buke da inda liste da poli galaksopolia-su-du ras da jinlewa pa razonable,
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He had a large book which contained the list of the numerous races throughout the galaxies that had developed intelligence,
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| e vero max lil buke da lista ras da laylewa maturia e basoxuti1 pa Galaksi Unisia.
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and the much smaller book that listed those races that had reached maturity and had qualified for the Galactic Federation.
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| sa nombre un buke, koy da lista-du we lewo kruslinyu; we da – ca koy sabe – luza.
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In the first book, a number of those listed were crossed out; those that, for one reason or another, had failed.
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| mal zar; jivokemi2 o jivofiziki3 anbasia; mal soci ratibe, e ale, lewo damaja.
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Misfortune, biochemical or biophysical shortcomings, social maladjustment took their toll.
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| sa max lil buke, lekino, nol lista-du membre anzayisu yexo.
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In the smaller book, however, no member listed had yet blanked out.
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| ¶ |
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| e zayo Naron, day e anxinablo4 purani, kana supra, sa anjiler kariba.
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And now Naron, large and incredibly ancient, looked up as a messenger approached.
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| “Naron,” anjiler loga. “Day Mon!”
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“Naron,” said the messenger. “Great One!”
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| “wel, wel, ke wanu? mina rite.”
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“Well, well, what is it? Less ceremony.”
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| “ali grupe da jive laylewa maturia.”
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“Another group of organisms has attained maturity.”
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| “guni. guni. we zayisu tezo zayo. karibo mono un nen pasa na novi une. e ye ke?”
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“Excellent. Excellent. They are coming up quickly now. Scarcely a year passes without a new one. And who are these?”
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| anjiler dona kodi nombre da galaksia, e dixe da pa dunia da indu le.
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The messenger gave the code number of the galaxy and the coordinates of the world within it.
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| “Ah, so,” logu Naron. “me jana wi dunia.”
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Ah, yes,” said Naron. “I know the world.”
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| e sa liwi kitabe, le nota we sa nombre un buke, e kina we-du nam pa nombre duli –
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And in flowing script he noted it in the first book and transferred its name into the second,
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| uza, rasmoyango, nam da su planete janu zi dem.
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using, as was customary, the name by which the planet was known to the largest fraction of its populace.
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| le kitaba: Zemia.
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He wrote: Earth.
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| ¶ |
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| le loga, “yi novi jive fata ansupra-du xey.”
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He said, “These new creatures have set a record.”
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| “nol ali grupe pasa ca razonable pa maturia yo rapo. nol galte, inxala.”
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“No other group has passed from intelligence to maturity so quickly. No mistake, I hope.”
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| ¶ |
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| “nol, ono’ren,” logu anjiler.
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“None, sir,” said the messenger.
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| ¶ |
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| “lole laylewa sa termokerni energe, vero?”
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“They have attained to thermonuclear power, have they?”
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| “vero, ono’ren.”
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“Yes, sir.”
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| “wel, we xarte.” Naron mirdohaha. “e suno loli bote testa pa waye, e baxa sa Unisia.”
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“Well, that’s the criterion.” Naron chuckled. “And soon their ships will probe out and contact the Federation.”
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| “so, Day Mon,” logu anjiler, anameno, “Noter loga, lole no jina kosmia yexo.”
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“Actually, Great One,” said the messenger, reluctantly, “the Observers tell us they have not yet penetrated space.”
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| Naron ajabu. “puro no? ato no kosmi estasia?”
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Naron was astonished. “Not at all? Not even a space station?”
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| “yexo no, ono’ren.”
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“Not yet, sir.”
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| “a aga lole tena termokerni energe, ke su lole fata zi teste e bume?”
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“But if they have thermonuclear power, where do they conduct the tests and detonations?”
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| “sa loli malki planete, ono’ren.”
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“On their own planet, sir.”
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| Naron gawu pa zi puri, duldesi fute du gawia, e groma, “sa loli malki planete?”
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Naron rose to his full twenty feet of height and thundered, “On their own planet?”
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| “so, ono’ren.”
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“Yes, sir.”
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| ¶ |
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| lento, Naron waya li kalam, e grafa linye, transa maxim novi maxe sa max lil buke.
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Slowly Naron drew out his stylus and passed a line through the latest addition in the small book.
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| ye ancena-du fate, a so, Naron vero sofi, e abla kana anbegabli,5 samo ko eni ren sa galaksia.
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It was an unprecedented act, but, then, Naron was very wise and could see the inevitable as well as anyone in the galaxy.
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| “idioti bufon,” le mirdo loga.
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“Silly asses,” he muttered.
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