Swedish Dual Language short stories – Learning Swedish through English
Akbar and Birbal – Vem är kungen?
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.
TranslateEn gång i tiden skickades Birbal till grannriket som ambassadör. Kungen i grannriket hade hört talas om Birbals berömda vishet. Han ville testa det själv.
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.
TranslatePå kvällen bad kungen alla hans rådgivare att komma och träffa honom. Han gav varje rådgivare en uppsättning av sina kläder och bad dem bära den nästa dag.
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.
TranslateRådgivarna bar kungens kläder och kom till hovet. Nästa dag kom Birbal till hovet och blev förvånad. Det fanns tjugo människor som alla klätt sig exakt som kungen i kungliga kläder.
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 gick fram till den första personen och pausade bara en sekund. Sedan gick han vidare till den andra personen och sedan till den tredje personen. Så här gick Birbal förbi alla tjugo personerna.
He bowed down to the fifteenth person and said, “My King, Akbar sends me to your kingdom to discuss about trade.”
TranslateHan bugade sig ner för den femtonde personen och sa: “Min kung, Akbar skickar mig till ditt rike för att diskutera handel.”
The fifteenth person was the King. The King was very surprised and amazed.
He asked Birbal, “How did you know that I was the King? Have you seen me before?”
TranslateDen femtonde personen var kungen. Kungen blev mycket förvånad och förundrad
Han frågade Birbal, ”Hur visste du att jag var kungen? Har du sett mig tidigare? ”
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 sa, ”Nej min kung. Jag har aldrig sett dig förut. Det finns två skäl. Av de tjugo människorna här gav ingen annan det slags förtroende du utstrålade. Alla såg rädda ut och undvek min blick. Endast en sann kung skulle se rakt in i ögonen på dem. För det andra sökte du inte någons godkännande. Andra tittade hela tiden på dig för godkännande. ”
The King gave Birbal a hug and gave him 100 gold coins as a reward.
TranslateKungen gav Birbal en kram och gav honom 100 guldmynt som belöning.
Moral: Confidence always shows when one looks into the other persons eyes.
TranslateFörtroende visar sig alltid när man tittar in i andra personers ögon.
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About: Studying through Dual Language immersion is among the best techniques for learning a new language. The objective of this website is to teach yourself how to read and speak Swedish confidently using English as a base 🙂 These Swedish Dual Language short stories are super cool to read for beginners and also for entertaining children. Akbar and Birbal is among the best stories that can be studied on a daily basis.
