Spanish short stories – Learning Spanish through English
Akbar and Birbal – ¿Quién es el Rey?
Once upon a time, Birbal was sent to the neighbouring kingdom as an ambassador. The king in the neighbouring kingdom had heard of the famous wit of Birbal. He wanted to test it himself.
TranslateHubo una vez en la que Birbal fue enviado al reino vecino como embajador. El Rey del reino vecino había oído hablar del famoso ingenio de Birbal. Quería comprobarlo él mismo.
In the evening, the King asked all of his ministers to come and see him. He gave every minister a set of his clothes and asked them to wear it the next day.
TranslatePor la noche, el Rey pidió a todos sus ministros que se acercaran a verlo. Le dio a cada ministro un juego de ropa y les pidió que se la pusieran al día siguiente.
The ministers wore the King’s clothes and came to court. The next day, Birbal came to the court and was surprised. There were twenty people all dressed exactly like the king in royal clothes.
TranslateLos ministros vistieron las ropas del Rey y acudieron a la Corte. Al día siguiente, Birbal llegó a la corte y se sorprendió. Había veinte personas vestidas exactamente como el Rey, con la vestimenta real.
Birbal walked across the first person and paused only for a second. Then he moved on to the second person and then the third person. Like this, Birbal walked across all the twenty people.
TranslateBirbal se cruzó a la primera persona y se detuvo por solo un segundo. Luego se cruzó a una segunda persona y luego, a una tercera persona. Así, Birbal vio a las veinte personas.
He bowed down to the fifteenth person and said, “My King, Akbar sends me to your kingdom to discuss about trade.”
TranslateSe inclinó ante la decimoquinta persona y dijo: “Mi Rey, Akbar me envía a su reino para discutir sobre el comercio.”.
The fifteenth person was the King. The King was very surprised and amazed.
TranslateLa decimoquinta persona era el Rey. El Rey estaba muy sorprendido y asombrado.
He asked Birbal, “How did you know that I was the King? Have you seen me before?”
TranslateLe preguntó a Birbal: “¿Cómo supiste que yo era el Rey? ¿Me habías visto antes?”.
Birbal said, “No my King. I have never seen you before. There are two reasons. Of the twenty people here, the kind of confidence you exuded, no one else did. Everyone looked fearful and avoided my eyes. Only a true king would look straight into ones’ eyes. Secondly, you did not seek for anyone’s approval. Others kept looking at you for approval.”
TranslateBirbal dijo: “No, mi Rey. Nunca lo había visto antes. Hay dos razones. De las veinte personas aquí, el tipo de confianza que emanaba usted, nadie más lo hizo. Todos parecían temerosos y evitaban mis ojos. Solo un verdadero Rey miraría directamente a los ojos. En segundo lugar, no buscó la aprobación de nadie. Otros no dejaban de mirarlo en busca de aprobación.”.
The King gave Birbal a hug and gave him 100 gold coins as a reward.
TranslateEl Rey abrazó a Birbal y le dio 100 monedas de oro como recompensa.
Moral: Confidence always shows when one looks into the other persons eyes.
TranslateMoraleja: La confianza siempre se demuestra cuando uno mira a los ojos de la otra persona.
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These Spanish short stories are super cool to read for beginners and also for entertaining children. Akbar and Birbal are among the most famous Indian stories for children that can be studied on a daily basis.
