Once upon a time there lived a poor tailor
Dawno, dawno temu żyl sobie biedny krawiec
he had a son called Aladdin
mial syna imieniem Aladyn
Aladdin was a careless, idle boy who would do nothing
Aladyn byl beztroskim, bezczynnym chlopcem, który nic nie robil
although, he did like to play ball all day long
Chociaż lubil grac w pilkę calymi dniami
this he did in the streets with other little idle boys
Robil to na ulicach z innymi malymi, leniwymi chlopcami
This so grieved the father that he died
To tak zasmucilo ojca, że umarl
his mother cried and prayed but nothing helped
Jego matka plakala i modlila się, ale nic nie pomagalo
despite her pleading, Aladdin did not mend his ways
Mimo jej próśb Aladyn nie zmienil swego postępowania
One day Aladdin was playing in the streets as usual
Pewnego dnia Aladyn jak zwykle bawil się na ulicach
a stranger asked him his age
Nieznajomy zapytal go o wiek
and he asked him if he was not the son of Mustapha the tailor
i zapytal go, czy nie jest synem krawca Mustafy
"I am the son of Mustapha, sir" replied Aladdin
- Jestem synem Mustafy, panie - odparl Aladyn
"but he died a long time ago"
"Ale on umarl dawno temu"
the stranger was a famous African magician
nieznajomy byl slynnym afrykańskim magiem
and he fell on his neck and kissed him
Upadl mu na szyję i pocalowal go
"I am your uncle" said the magician
- Jestem twoim wujem - rzekl czarodziej
