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The king__Kungen__eng and swe


(eng)
The King

(swe)
Kungen



(eng)
There was once a beloved king whose castle was on a high hill,

(swe)
Det var en gång en älskad kung vars borg var på en hög kulle,


(eng)
overlooking his shire.

(swe)
överse hans grevskap.
med utsikt över hans fylke.
(was a bit hard to translate this part of the text to swedish, thats why there are two different texts of it on swedish here)


(eng)
He was so popular that the nearby townspeople sent him gifts daily,

(swe)
han var så populär att de närliggande stadsborna skickade honom presenter dagligen,


(eng)
and his birthday celebration was enjoyed throughout the kingdom.

(swe)
och hans födelsedagsfirande genomströmmade hela kungariket.


(eng)
The people loved him for his renowned wisdom and fair judgments.

(swe)
Folket älskade honom för hans berömda visdom och rättvisa domar.


(eng)
One day,

(swe)
En dag,


(eng)
tragedy struck the town.

(swe)
slog tragedi staden.


(eng)
The water supply was polluted,

(swe)
Vattentillförseln blev förorenad,


(eng)
and every man,

(swe)
och varje man,


(eng)
woman,

(swe)
kvinna,


(eng)
and child went insane.

(swe)
och barn blev vansinnig.


(eng)
Only the king,

(swe)
Bara kungen,


(eng)
who had a private spring,

(swe)
som hade en privat springbrun,


(eng)
was spared.

(swe)
slapp.


(eng)
Soon after the tragedy,

(swe)
Strax efter tragedin,


(eng)
the mad townspeople began speaking of how the king was acting "strangley" and how his judgments were poor and his wisdom a shame.

(swe)
de arga stadsborna började tala om hur kungen agerade"konstigt"och hur domar var fattiga och hans visdom en skam.


(eng)
Many even went so far as to say that the king had gone crazy.

(swe)
Många gick även så långt att säga att kungen hade blivit galen.


(eng)
His popularity soon vanished.

(swe)
Snart försvann hans popularitet.


(eng)
No longer did the people bring him gifts or celebrate his birhtday.

(swe)
Inte längre gav folket honom gåvor eller firade hans födelsedag.


(eng)
The lonely king,

(swe)
Den ensamme kungen,


(eng)
high on the hill,

(swe)
högt på kullen,


(eng)
had no company at all.

(swe)
hade inget sällskap alls.


(eng)
One day he decided to leave the hill and pay a visit to the town.

(swe)
En dag bestämde han sig för att lämna kullen och besöka staden.


(eng)
It was a warm day,

(swe)
Det var en var dag,


(eng)
and so he drank from the village fountain.

(swe)
så han drack från by fontänen.


(eng)
That night there was a great Celebration.

(swe)
Den kvällen var det ett stort firande.


(eng)
The people all rejoiced,

(swe)
Hela folket jublade,


(eng)
for their beloved king had "regained his sanity."

(swe)
för deras älskade kung hade "återfått sitt förstånd."



Fin

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A little story from a book i have that I tried to translate from english to swedish because my dad who did not know much english at this time

I wanted to show my dad an story about "Bad luck, Good luck", but then i decided to show him the first short story from the book (most because i couldn't find the story i wanted to show him). So then i showed him this story but he don't understand as much english as i do, so i tryes to translate it for him. But it's not going so well, because there are some words i do not know on english.
But it's a much good book by the way ^ω^ i specially likes the short little stories in the book.

The little sketch is made by me.


Sketch/Translation © A.H

Story comes from the book
"Way of the peaceful warrior"
A book that changes lives
Copyright ©1980, 1984 by Dan Millman