Dutch–English parallel text
De noorderwind en de zon
The North Wind and the Sun
Aesop
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De Aesopus voor kinderen De noorderwind & de zon De noorderwind en de zon hadden ruzie over wie van hen de sterkste was. Terwijl ze met veel hitte en geraas twistten, liep er een reiziger langs de weg, gewikkeld in een mantel.
The Æsop for Children The North Wind & the Sun The North Wind and the Sun had a quarrel about which of them was the stronger. While they were disputing with much heat and bluster, a Traveler passed along the road wrapped in a cloak.
“Laten we afspreken,” zei de zon, “dat degene de sterkste is die die reiziger van zijn mantel kan ontdoen.”
“Let us agree,” said the Sun, “that he is the stronger who can strip that Traveler of his cloak.”
“Best,” gromde de noorderwind, en stuurde meteen een koude, huilende windvlaag op de reiziger af.
“Very well,” growled the North Wind, and at once sent a cold, howling blast against the Traveler.
Bij de eerste windvlaag sloegen de punten van de mantel om het lichaam van de reiziger. Maar hij wikkelde hem dadelijk dicht om zich heen, en hoe harder de wind blies, hoe steviger hij hem tegen zich aan hield.
With the first gust of wind the ends of the cloak whipped about the Traveler’s body. But he immediately wrapped it closely around him, and the harder the Wind blew, the tighter he held it to him.
De noorderwind rukte woedend aan de mantel, maar al zijn moeite was tevergeefs.
The North Wind tore angrily at the cloak, but all his efforts were in vain.
Toen begon de zon te schijnen. Eerst waren zijn stralen zacht, en in de aangename warmte na de bittere kou van de noorderwind maakte de reiziger zijn mantel los en liet hem losjes van zijn schouders hangen. De stralen van de zon werden warmer en warmer.
Then the Sun began to shine. At first his beams were gentle, and in the pleasant warmth after the bitter cold of the North Wind, the Traveler unfastened his cloak and let it hang loosely from his shoulders. The Sun’s rays grew warmer and warmer.
De man zette zijn pet af en veegde over zijn voorhoofd. Eindelijk kreeg hij het zo warm dat hij zijn mantel uittrok en, om aan de brandende zonneschijn te ontsnappen, neerviel in de welkome schaduw van een boom langs de weg.
The man took off his cap and mopped his brow. At last he became so heated that he pulled off his cloak, and, to escape the blazing sunshine, threw himself down in the welcome shade of a tree by the roadside.
Zachtheid en vriendelijke overreding winnen waar kracht en geraas falen.
Gentleness and kind persuasion win where force and bluster fail.
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