ਅਲਾਦੀਨ ਅਤੇ ਜਾਦੂਈ ਚਿਰਾਗ
Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp
Bilingual Punjabi + English One Thousand and One Nights (Arabian Nights) Ages 4-8
, -ਦੁਰਾਡੇ ਅਲਾਦੀਨ ਨਾਂ ਗ਼ਰੀਬ ਮੁੰਡਾ ਰਹਿੰਦਾ । ਕੋਲ ਬਹੁਤੇ ਨਹੀਂ , ਨੇਕ ਚਿਹਰੇ ' ਹਮੇਸ਼ਾ ਮਿੱਠੀ ਮੁਸਕਾਨ ਰਹਿੰਦੀ ।
Long ago, in a faraway town, there lived a poor boy named Aladdin. He had little money, but he had a kind heart and a happy smile.
ਅਣਜਾਣ ਆਦਮੀ । ਸੋਹਣੇ ਕਹਿਣ ਲੱਗਾ ਅਲਾਦੀਨ ਗੁਆਚਿਆ ਹੋਇਆ । ਸਿਰਫ਼ ਛਲ ; ਖੋਟਾ ।
One day, a stranger came to town. He wore fine clothes and said he was Aladdin's long-lost uncle. But this was a trick. He was really a wicked magician.
" ਬੱਚਾ," , "ਜ਼ਰਾ ਗੁਫ਼ਾ ਉੱਤਰ ।"
"Come, my boy," said the magician. "Climb into this cave and bring me an old lamp."
ਅਲਾਦੀਨ ਗੋਡਿਆਂ ਭਾਰ ਹੋਇਆ ਗੁਫ਼ਾ ਅੰਦਰ ਲੰਘ । ਭਰੇ ਤਖ਼ਤੇ ' ਪਿੱਤਲ ਨਿੱਕਾ ਜਿਹਾ ਦਿਸਿਆ। ਜਿਉਂ ਹੀ , ਜ਼ੋਰ , "ਛੇਤੀ , ਫੜਾ!"
Aladdin crawled deep into the dark cave. There, on a dusty shelf, he found a small brass lamp. When he picked it up, the magician shouted, "Give it to me now!"
ਅਲਾਦੀਨ ਦਾਲ ਕਾਲਾ ਲੱਗਿਆ, ਸੋ ਨਾਲ ਘੁੱਟ ਅੱਗੇ ਵਧਾਇਆ। ਨਾਲ ਲਾਲ-ਪੀਲੇ ਧੜੰਮ ਗੁਫ਼ਾ ਮੂੰਹ ਪੈਰ ਪਟਕਦਾ ਤੁਰ ।
But something felt wrong, so Aladdin kept the lamp close and would not hand it over. The angry magician slammed the cave shut and stormed away.
ਬੈਠੇ ਅਲਾਦੀਨ ਘਸਾਇਆ— ਤੜਾਕ ਤੇਜ਼ ਰੌਸ਼ਨੀ ਘੁੰਮਣਘੇਰ ਵਿੱਚੋਂ ਹੱਸਮੁੱਖ ਨਿਕਲ !
Alone in the dark, Aladdin rubbed the lamp to clean it. Whoosh! A friendly spirit of the lamp appeared in a swirl of light.
"ਤੂੰ ਅਜ਼ਾਦ ," ਜਾਦੂਈ ਬੋਲਿਆ, "ਦੱਸ, ਤੇਰੀ ?"
"You have freed me," said the magic spirit. "What do you wish?"
" ਕੋਲ ਚੱਲੋ," ਅਲਾਦੀਨ ਬੜੇ ਪਿਆਰ ਨਾਲ ਆਖਿਆ।
"Please take me home to my mother," said Aladdin kindly.
ਅੱਖ ਝਪਕਦਿਆਂ ਹੀ ਪਹੁੰਚ । ਖਾਣਾ ਨਵੇਂ , ਅਲਾਦੀਨ ਫਿਰ ਵੀ ਨਿਮਾਣਾ ਹੀ ਨਾਲ ਖੋਲ੍ਹ ਵੰਡਿਆ।
In a blink, he was home. The spirit gave them warm food and new clothes, but Aladdin stayed humble and shared with everyone in need.
ਖੋਟਾ । ਹਾਕਾਂ ਮਾਰਨ ਲੱਗਾ, " ਨਵੇਂ ਲਓ!" ਅਲਾਦੀਨ ਭਰਮਾ ਜਾਦੂਈ ਹਥਿਆਉਣਾ ਚਾਹੁੰਦਾ ।
One day, the wicked magician returned in disguise. "New lamps for old!" he called, hoping to trick Aladdin's mother into trading the wonderful lamp.
ਸਿਆਣੇ ਅਲਾਦੀਨ ਝੱਟ । ਜਾਦੂਈ , ਉਤਾਂਹ , ਮਾਰੂਥਲੋਂ , ਧਰਤੀ ਨੁੱਕਰੇ ਲਾਹ । ਤਿਆਰ ਖੜ੍ਹੇ , ਫੜ ਗਏ ਮੁੜ ।
But clever Aladdin spotted him at once. He whispered to the magic spirit, who gently lifted the magician up, carried him far across the desert, and dropped him at the edge of the land. The town guards were waiting, and they led him away so he could never cheat anyone again.
ਅਲਾਦੀਨ ਖ਼ੁਸ਼ੀ-ਖ਼ੁਸ਼ੀ ਰਹਿਣ ਲੱਗੇ—ਹਮੇਸ਼ਾ ਸੱਚੇ-ਸੁੱਚੇ ਹਮੇਸ਼ਾ ।
Aladdin and his mother lived happily, always honest and always kind.
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