And first I made a hymn in honour of the god of the festival, and then considering that a poet, if he is really to be a poet, should not only put together words, but should invent stories, and that I have no invention, I took some fables of Aesop, which I had ready at hand and which I knew-they were the first I came upon-and turned them into verse.
Jainkoaren ondoren, poetak, poeta izateko asmorik badu behintzat, arrazoiketen ordez mitoak konposatu behar dituela pentsatuta-eta ni neu ez nintzen mitoen idazlea-, horregatik eskura neuzkan eta nekizkien mitoak-Esoporenak-pentsatu nituen; horietatik egokitu zitzaizkidan lehenengoekin konposatu nituen.