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KhajjopanakajātakaJātaka 364 · Volume 3, translated by H. T. Francis and R. A. Neil (1897)
Public domain. H. T. Francis and R. A. Neil’s translation was published in 1897. The Pali is the Mahāsaṅgīti edition published by SuttaCentral under CC0. The canonical Pali Jātaka consists of the verses only (5 verses here); the prose story around them comes from the later commentary, which the English translates in full. So the verses are shown beside the whole English story, not verse by verse.
Pali verses
“Ko nu santamhi pajjote,
aggipariyesanaṁ caraṁ;
Addakkhi ratti khajjotaṁ,
jātavedaṁ amaññatha.
Svassa gomayacuṇṇāni,
abhimatthaṁ tiṇāni ca;
Viparītāya saññāya,
nāsakkhi pajjaletave.
Evampi anupāyena,
atthaṁ na labhate migo;
Visāṇato gavaṁ dohaṁ,
yattha khīraṁ na vindati.
Vividhehi upāyehi,
atthaṁ papponti māṇavā;
Niggahena amittānaṁ,
mittānaṁ paggahena ca.
Senāmokkhapalābhena,
vallabhānaṁ nayena ca;
Jagatiṁ jagatipālā,
āvasanti vasundharan”ti.
English Francis and Neil 1897
This Question about a fire-fly will be set forth in full in the Mahāummagga.