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Pride and Prejudice in Hausa: Jane Austen’s novel of Elizabeth Bennet and Mr Darcy.

Original author: Jane Austen. Original title: Pride and Prejudice. Translated into Hausa from the English original.

Uwargida Bennet tana da ‘ya’ya mata biyar, ba ta da ɗa namiji, gidan da suke ciki kuwa doka ta ƙulla shi ga wani ɗan’uwa a ranar da mijinta ya rasu. Don haka sa’ad da wani saurayi mai arziki ya hayo babban gidan da ke maƙwabtaka da su, abu ɗaya kaɗai yake a ranta.

Amma ‘yarta ta biyu, Elizabeth, tana da baki mai kaifi da ido mai kaifi; mutum kuma mafi girman kai a taron (Malam Darcy, mai fam dubu goma a shekara) ya ce ba ta da kyau isashe da za a yi rawa da ita. Abin da ya biyo baya shi ne labarin soyayya mafi kyau da aka taɓa rubutawa, kuma labari ne game da mutane biyu waɗanda kowannensu sai ya amsa cewa ya yi kuskure.

“Gaskiya ce da duniya duka ta amince da ita, cewa gwauro mai arziki mai kyau lallai yana neman mata.”

Sabuwar fassara ce zuwa Hausa: harshen da mutane sama da miliyan tamanin suke magana da shi. Babi sittin da ɗaya duk suna nan cikakku.

A kundin Laburaren Ƙasa ta Najeriya ba a ga wani littafi na Jane Austen a Hausa ba.

About this edition: translated from the English text of Project Gutenberg #1342. Paperback, 152 x 229 mm, 512 pages, published by Colombo Aspen. Cover: Thomas Gainsborough, Mr and Mrs William Hallett (‘The Morning Walk’), 1785, detail. National Gallery, London. Public domain.