5 baffling foreign-language versions of the Fresh Prince of Bel-Air theme song
"Here is my kingdom, here is where I strive. Here I will reign as Prince of Bel-Air."
Read more on this story and listen to the 5 foreign translations in full.
Watch the original opening titles to the Fresh Prince of Bel-Air:
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Arika Okrent is editor-at-large at TheWeek.com and a frequent contributor to Mental Floss. She is the author of In the Land of Invented Languages, a history of the attempt to build a better language. She holds a doctorate in linguistics and a first-level certification in Klingon. Follow her on Twitter.
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