Spanish–English parallel text
El haz de leña
The Bundle of Sticks
Aesop
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Un padre tenía varios hijos que siempre se estaban peleando entre ellos.
A father had several sons who were always quarreling with each other.
Nada de lo que decía servía para nada, así que pensó mucho en un ejemplo claro que les demostrara que pelearse entre ellos los llevaría a tener problemas.
Nothing he said did the least bit of good, so he thought hard about a striking example that would show them that fighting among themselves would lead to trouble.
Un día las discusiones fueron mucho peores de lo habitual y todos los hijos estaban enfurruñados y de mal humor. El padre le pidió a uno de ellos que le trajera un haz de varas.
One day the quarreling was much worse than usual, and each of the sons was sulking in a bad mood. The father asked one of them to bring him a bundle of sticks.
Luego le dio el haz a cada uno de sus hijos por turno y les dijo que intentaran romperlo. Pero, aunque cada uno lo intentó con todas sus fuerzas, ninguno pudo hacerlo.
Then he handed the bundle to each of his sons in turn and told them to try to break it. But although each one tried his best, none of them could do it.
Entonces el padre desató el haz y les dio las varas a sus hijos para que las rompieran una a una. Lo hicieron con mucha facilidad.
The father then untied the bundle and gave the sticks to his sons to break one by one. They did this very easily.
«Hijos míos —dijo el padre—, ¿no veis que si os lleváis bien y os ayudáis los unos a los otros, vuestros enemigos no podrán haceros daño?
“My sons,” said the father, “don’t you see that if you get along and help each other, your enemies won’t be able to hurt you?
Pero si estáis divididos entre vosotros, no seréis más fuertes que una sola vara de ese haz».
But if you’re divided among yourselves, you’ll be no stronger than a single stick in that bundle.”
La unión hace la fuerza.
There is strength in unity.
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