One day, Emperor Akbar was walking through the market and saw a woman hugging and kissing a child.
King Akbar said to Birbal, “Would you say that the child looks very ugly and unattractive?”
TranslateEines Tages ging Kaiser Akbar durch den Markt und sah eine Frau, die ein Kind umarmte und küsste.
König Akbar sagte zu Birbal: „Würden Sie sagen, dass das Kind sehr hässlich und unattraktiv aussieht?”
Birbal said, “I would say that he is not as cute as some children are. I would not say he looks unattractive.”
King Akbar continued speaking, “Though the child was ugly to look at, the woman is calling him the most attractive child in the world.”
TranslateBirbal sagte: „Ich würde sagen, dass er nicht so süß ist wie manche Kinder. Ich würde nicht sagen, dass er unattraktiv aussieht.“
König Akbar sprach weiter: “Obwohl das Kind hässlich anzusehen war, nennt die Frau es das attraktivste Kind der Welt.”
King Akbar said to Birbal, “Birbal, I wonder how a woman could shower so much love on a child who is not cute.”
Birbal replied politely, “My King, for every mother, her own child is the most beautiful child in the world. Just as you and your wife believe that your children are the most attractive in the world.”
TranslateKönig Akbar sagte zu Birbal: “Birbal, ich frage mich, wie eine Frau einem Kind, das nicht süß ist, so viel Liebe schenken kann.”
Birbal antwortete höflich: „Mein König, für jede Mutter ist ihr eigenes Kind das schönste Kind der Welt. So wie Sie und Ihre Frau glauben, dass Ihre Kinder die attraktivsten der Welt sind.“
The King did not agree to the response and wanted a better answer. The next day, the royal court met. Birbal ordered all the women in the court to find and bring the most beautiful child in the world and bring them to court.
The next day, each woman brought one child. Some had long hair, some had no hair. Some had long projecting teeth and some had no teeth. Some were fat, some were thin. They each presented their children before the King.
TranslateDer König stimmte der Antwort nicht zu und wollte eine bessere Antwort. Am nächsten Tag traf sich der königliche Gericht. Birbal befahl allen Frauen im Gericht, das schönste Kind der Welt zu finden, zu bringen und vor Gericht zu bringen.
Am nächsten Tag brachte jede Frau ein Kind mit. Einige hatten lange Haare, andere hatten keine Haare. Einige hatten lange vorstehende Zähne und einige hatten keine Zähne. Einige waren fett, andere dünn. Sie stellten jeweils ihre Kinder vor dem König vor.
Each of the women swore, “This is the most beautiful child in the world, my King.”
Birbal asked, “Did anyone bring a child which is not your own?”
No woman raised their hand. Each of them had brought their own child to court since they truly believed that their child was the most beautiful in the world.
TranslateJede der Frauen schwor: „Dies ist das schönste Kind der Welt, mein König.”
Birbal fragte: „Hat jemand ein Kind mitgebracht, das nicht dein eigenes ist?”
Keine Frau hob die Hand. Jeder von ihnen hatte sein eigenes Kind vor Gericht gebracht, da sie wirklich glaubten, dass ihr Kind das schönste der Welt sei.
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