Spanish–English parallel text
Aladino y la lámpara maravillosa
Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp
Andrew Lang
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Vivía una vez un pobre sastre que tenía un hijo llamado Aladino, un muchacho descuidado y perezoso que no hacía otra cosa que jugar todo el día por las calles con muchachos holgazanes como él. Esto apenó tanto a su padre que murió; sin embargo, a pesar de las lágrimas y los ruegos de su madre, Aladino no enmendó su conducta. Un día, mientras jugaba en las calles como de costumbre, un forastero le preguntó su edad y si no era hijo de Mustafá, el sastre.
There once lived a poor tailor, who had a son called Aladdin, a careless, idle boy who would do nothing but play all day long in the streets with little idle boys like himself. This so grieved the father that he died; yet, in spite of his mother’s tears and prayers, Aladdin did not mend his ways. One day, when he was playing in the streets as usual, a stranger asked him his age, and if he were not the son of Mustapha the tailor.
«Lo soy, señor —respondió Aladino—; pero murió hace ya mucho tiempo».
“I am, sir,” replied Aladdin; “but he died a long while ago.”
Al oír esto, el forastero, que era un famoso mago africano, se le echó al cuello y lo besó, diciendo: «Soy tu tío, y te he reconocido por tu parecido con mi hermano. Ve con tu madre y dile que voy a verla».
On this the stranger, who was a famous African magician, fell on his neck and kissed him, saying: “I am your uncle, and knew you from your likeness to my brother. Go to your mother and tell her I am coming.”
Aladino corrió a casa y le contó a su madre lo de su recién descubierto tío.
Aladdin ran home, and told his mother of his newly found uncle.
«En verdad, hijo —dijo ella—, tu padre tenía un hermano, pero siempre creí que había muerto».
“Indeed, child,” she said, “your father had a brother, but I always thought he was dead.”
Sin embargo, preparó la cena y mandó a Aladino a buscar a su tío, quien llegó cargado de vino y fruta. Al poco tiempo, se postró y besó el lugar donde Mustafá solía sentarse, rogándole a la madre de Aladino que no se sorprendiera de no haberlo visto antes, pues llevaba cuarenta años fuera del país. Se volvió luego hacia Aladino y le preguntó por su oficio, a lo cual el muchacho bajó la cabeza, mientras su madre rompía a llorar. Al enterarse de que Aladino era perezoso y no quería aprender ningún oficio, se ofreció a ponerle una tienda y surtirla de mercancías. Al día siguiente le compró a Aladino un hermoso traje, lo llevó por toda la ciudad mostrándole los lugares de interés y, al anochecer, lo devolvió a su madre, que se llenó de alegría al ver a su hijo tan elegante.
However, she prepared supper, and bade Aladdin seek his uncle, who came laden with wine and fruit. He presently fell down and kissed the place where Mustapha used to sit, bidding Aladdin’s mother not to be surprised at not having seen him before, as he had been forty years out of the country. He then turned to Aladdin, and asked him his trade, at which the boy hung his head, while his mother burst into tears. On learning that Aladdin was idle and would learn no trade, he offered to take a shop for him and stock it with merchandise. Next day he bought Aladdin a fine suit of clothes, and took him all over the city, showing him the sights, and brought him home at nightfall to his mother, who was overjoyed to see her son so fine.
Al día siguiente, el mago condujo a Aladino a unos hermosos jardines situados muy a las afueras de las puertas de la ciudad. Se sentaron junto a una fuente y el mago sacó de su faja un pastel, que repartió entre los dos. Luego continuaron el viaje hasta que casi llegaron a las montañas. Aladino estaba tan cansado que suplicó regresar, pero el mago lo embaucó con amenas historias y lo llevó adelante muy a su pesar.
Next day the magician led Aladdin into some beautiful gardens a long way outside the city gates. They sat down by a fountain, and the magician pulled a cake from his girdle, which he divided between them. They then journeyed onwards till they almost reached the mountains. Aladdin was so tired that he begged to go back, but the magician beguiled him with pleasant stories, and led him on in spite of himself.
Por fin llegaron a dos montañas divididas por un estrecho valle.
At last they came to two mountains divided by a narrow valley.
«No iremos más lejos —dijo el falso tío—. Te mostraré algo maravilloso; no tienes más que recoger leña menuda mientras yo enciendo un fuego».
“We will go no farther,” said the false uncle. “I will show you something wonderful; only do you gather up sticks while I kindle a fire.”
Cuando estuvo encendido, el mago arrojó sobre él unos polvos que llevaba consigo, al tiempo que pronunciaba unas palabras mágicas. La tierra tembló un poco y se abrió ante ellos, dejando al descubierto una losa cuadrada con una anilla de latón en el medio para levantarla. Aladino intentó huir, pero el mago lo agarró y le propinó un golpe que lo derribó.
When it was lit the magician threw on it a powder he had about him, at the same time saying some magical words. The earth trembled a little and opened in front of them, disclosing a square flat stone with a brass ring in the middle to raise it by. Aladdin tried to run away, but the magician caught him and gave him a blow that knocked him down.
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