Rabindranath Tagore
The Cabuliwallah
Der Kabuliwallah
In Calcutta, a talkative five-year-old named Mini is afraid of the tall, turbaned peddler from Kabul who passes her father's window. With nuts, raisins and silly jokes he soon becomes her best friend, while her mother watches anxiously, until an incident in the street changes everything.
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How it begins
My five years' old daughter Mini cannot live without chattering. I really believe that in all her life she has not wasted a minute in silence. Her mother is often vexed at this, and would stop her prattle, but I would not.
Meine fünfjährige Tochter Mini kann nicht leben, ohne zu plappern. Ich glaube wirklich, dass sie in ihrem ganzen Leben noch keine Minute schweigend verschwendet hat. Ihre Mutter ist darüber oft verärgert und würde ihr Geplapper gerne unterbinden, aber ich wollte das nicht.
To see Mini quiet is unnatural, and I cannot bear it long. And so my own talk with her is always lively.
Mini still zu sehen, ist unnatürlich, und ich kann es nicht lange ertragen. Und so ist mein eigenes Gespräch mit ihr immer lebhaft.
One morning, for instance, when I was in the midst of the seventeenth chapter of my new novel, my little Mini stole into the room, and putting her hand into mine, said: "Father! Ramdayal the door-keeper calls a crow a krow!
Eines Morgens zum Beispiel, als ich mitten im siebzehnten Kapitel meines neuen Romans steckte, schlich meine kleine Mini ins Zimmer, legte ihre Hand in meine und sagte: „Vater! Ramdayal, der Türsteher, nennt eine Krähe eine Krow!
Languages
- The Cabuliwallah · English (original)B1 Intermediate · 3,007 words · ~25 min · Audio
- Der Kabuliwallah · GermanB1 Intermediate · 2,902 words · ~25 min · Audio
- Ο Καμπουλιβαλάχ · GreekB1 Intermediate · 2,996 words · ~25 min
- El Cabuliwallah · SpanishB1 Intermediate · 2,934 words · ~25 min · Audio
- Le Cabuliwallah · FrenchB1 Intermediate · 3,165 words · ~25 min · Audio
- काबुलीवाला · HindiB1 Intermediate · 3,302 words · ~30 min
- Cabuliwallah · IndonesianB1 Intermediate · 2,708 words · ~25 min
- Il Cabuliwallah · ItalianB1 Intermediate · 2,837 words · ~25 min
- カブールから来た商人 · JapaneseB1 Intermediate
- 카불리왈라 · KoreanB1 Intermediate · 2,087 words · ~15 min
- O Cabuliwallah · PortugueseB1 Intermediate · 2,978 words · ~25 min
- Cabuliwallah · RomanianB1 Intermediate · 2,926 words · ~25 min
- Kabullü Seyyar Satıcı · TurkishB1 Intermediate · 2,097 words · ~15 min
- Người bán hàng rong xứ Kabul · VietnameseB1 Intermediate · 3,928 words · ~35 min
- 《卡布尔商人》 · ChineseB1 Intermediate
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What level is it?
The original English is B1 Intermediate. In translation, German, Greek, Spanish, French, Hindi, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Romanian, Turkish, Vietnamese and Chinese are B1 Intermediate. Levels follow the Common European Framework, from Pre-A1 (starter) to C2.
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