捕らえることのできないもの、身軽で素早いもののたとえ、だそうです。

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English Translation

It's apparently a metaphor for something uncatchable, light of body and fleet of foot.

Furigana

捕(と)らえることのできないもの、身軽(みがる)で素早(すばや)いもののたとえ、だそうです。

Romanji

Toraeru koto no dekinai mono, migaru de subayai monono tatoe, dasou desu.

Words

捕らえる (とらえる)

to seize; to capture; to arrest; to grasp; to perceive; to treat (as)

事 (こと、こん)

thing; matter; incident; occurrence; event; something serious; trouble; crisis; circumstances; situation; state of affairs; work; business; affair; after an inflectable word, creates a noun phrase indicating something the speaker does not feel close to; nominalizing suffix; pretending to ...; playing make-believe ...; alias; aka; nickname; alternative name; also known as

の (の)

indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question

出来る (できる)

to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at; to be permitted (to do); to become intimate; to take up (with somebody); to grow; to be raised; to become pregnant

者 (もの、もん)

person

身軽 (みがる)

agile; nimble; light (of foot); casual (clothing); light (e.g. luggage); carefree; with limited responsibility

だ (だ)

be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative

素早い (すばやい)

fast; quick; prompt; nimble; agile; quick (to understand); sharp (judgement)

ものの (ものの)

but; although

仮令 (たとえ、たとい)

even if; no matter (what); if; though; although; supposing; supposing that; -ever

出す (だす)

to take out; to get out; to put out; to reveal; to show; to submit (e.g. thesis); to turn in; to publish; to make public; to send (e.g. letter); to produce (a sound); to start (fire); to serve (food); to begin ...; to start to ...; to burst into ...

です (です)

be; is