Carmen in Haitian Creole (Carmen an kreyòl ayisyen)

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

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

Nan otòn 1830, yon save franse k ap vwayaje nan Andalusia rankontre yon etranje danjere nan mòn yo.

Kèk tan apre, nan Cordova, li rankontre yon jenn fi jitan. Etranje a se Don Jose, e jenn fi a se Carmen.

Kèk mwa pita, Jose nan prizon ap tann yo pann li, epi li rakonte save a kijan li pèdi tout bagay poutèt Carmen.

Woman kout Mérimée a, ki te bay Bizet istwa opera li a, la nèt an kreyòl ayisyen.

Liv sa a gen tout kat chapit yo la nèt. Nan katriyèm chapit la, otè a pale sou jitan Espay yo ak lang yo.

About this edition: translated from the English text of Project Gutenberg #2465. Paperback, 152 x 229 mm, 56 pages, published by Colombo Aspen. Cover painting: Édouard Manet, Portrait of Émilie Ambre as Carmen, 1880 (Philadelphia Museum of Art).