Så rasla han med fjørene, lyfta den slanke halsen sin og ropte med glede rett frå hjarta: "Slik ei glede drøymde eg aldri om då eg var ein stygg andunge."
Then he rustled his feathers, curved his slender neck, and cried joyfully, from the depths of his heart, "I never dreamed of such happiness as this, while I was an ugly duckling."