Turkish–English parallel text
Kral Canute Deniz Kıyısında
King Canute on the Seashore
James Baldwin (1841–1925)
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Büyük Alfred’in zamanından yüz yıl kadar sonra, İngiltere’de Canute adında bir kral vardı. Kral Canute bir Danimarkalıydı; ancak Danimarkalılar o zamanlar Kral Alfred ile savaşta oldukları dönemdeki kadar vahşi ve zalim değillerdi.
A hundred years or more after the time of Alfred the Great there was a king of England named Canute. King Canute was a Dane; but the Danes were not so fierce and cruel then as they had been when they were at war with King Alfred.
Kral Canute’un etrafındaki ileri gelenler ve subaylar onu sürekli övüyorlardı.
The great men and officers who were around King Canute were always praising him.
Biri, “Siz yaşamış en büyük adamsınız,” derdi.
“You are the greatest man that ever lived,” one would say.
Sonra bir başkası, “Ey kralım! Asla sizin kadar güçlü bir adam daha olamaz,” derdi.
Then another would say, “O king! there can never be another man so mighty as you.”
Bir diğeri de, “Büyük Canute, dünyada sizin sözünüzden çıkmaya cesaret eden hiçbir şey yoktur,” derdi.
And another would say, “Great Canute, there is nothing in the world that dares to disobey you.”
Kral aklı başında bir adamdı ve böyle aptalca konuşmaları duymaktan çok bıkmıştı.
The king was a man of sense, and he grew very tired of hearing such foolish speeches.
Bir gün deniz kıyısındaydı ve subayları da yanındaydı. Her zamanki gibi onu övüyorlardı.
One day he was by the seashore, and his officers were with him. They were praising him, as they were in the habit of doing.
Artık onlara bir ders vereceğini düşündü ve koltuğunu kumsala, suyun hemen kenarına koymalarını emretti.
He thought that now he would teach them a lesson, and so he bade them set his chair on the beach close by the edge of the water.
“Dünyadaki en büyük adam ben miyim?” diye sordu.
“Am I the greatest man in the world?” he asked.
“Ey kralım!” diye haykırdılar, “Sizin kadar güçlü hiç kimse yoktur.”
“O king!” they cried, “there is no one so mighty as you.”
“Her şey bana itaat eder mi?” diye sordu.
“Do all things obey me?” he asked.
“Sizin sözünüzden çıkmaya cesaret eden hiçbir şey yoktur, ey kralım!” dediler. “Dünya önünüzde eğilir ve sizi yüceltir.”
“There is nothing that dares to disobey you, O king!” they said. “The world bows before you, and gives you honor.”
“Deniz de bana itaat eder mi?” diye sordu; ayaklarının dibinde kumu yalayan küçük dalgalara baktı.
“Will the sea obey me?” he asked; and he looked down at the little waves which were lapping the sand at his feet.
Aptal subayların kafası karıştı ama “Hayır,” demeye cesaret edemediler.
The foolish officers were puzzled, but they did not dare to say “No.”
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