Carmen in Hausa (Carmen a Hausa)

Description

Carmen in Hausa: Prosper Mérimée’s novella of the soldier Don José and Carmen in Andalusia.

Original author: Prosper Mérimée. Original title: Carmen. Translated into Hausa from the English text (the work was first written in French).

A lokacin kaka na shekarar 1830, wani Bafaranshe mai binciken kayan tarihi da ke tafiya a Andalusia ya haɗu da wani baƙo mai haɗari a cikin tsaunuka.

Daga baya, a Cordova, ya haɗu da wata ’yar Jipsi. Baƙon shi ne Don Jose, ’yar Jipsin kuwa ita ce Carmen.

Bayan ’yan watanni, Don Jose yana kurkuku yana jiran a kashe shi, sai ya faɗa wa Bafaranshen yadda ya rasa komai saboda Carmen.

Shahararren labarin Mérimée, cikakke, a sabuwar fassara zuwa Hausa.

Babi huɗu duk suna nan cikakku. A babi na huɗu, marubucin ya yi bayani game da ’yan Jipsi na Sifaniya da harshensu.

About this edition: translated from the English text of Project Gutenberg #2465. Paperback, 152 x 229 mm, 88 pages, published by Colombo Aspen. Cover painting: Édouard Manet, Portrait of Émilie Ambre as Carmen, 1880 (Philadelphia Museum of Art).