Carmen in Zulu (Carmen ngesiZulu)

Description

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

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

Esifundeni sase-Andalusia, umhambi uhlangana noDon Jose, indoda efunwa ngumthetho. Indaba ayixoxayo imbuyisela kuCarmen, owesifazane ozimisele ukuzikhethela indlela yakhe.

Uthando lukaJose luba nomona, bese lumholela empilweni yokushushumbisa nobudlova. UCarmen yena akafuni ukulahla inkululeko yakhe. Kule ndaba kaProsper Merimee, izifiso zalaba bantu ziyashayisana, kuze kufike isiphetho esibuhlungu.

Le nguqulo yesiZulu isuselwe enguqulweni yesiNgisi kaLady Mary Loyd yencwadi kaProsper Merimee.

About this edition: translated from the English text of Project Gutenberg #2465. Paperback, 152 x 229 mm, 70 pages, published by Colombo Aspen. Cover painting: Édouard Manet, Portrait of Émilie Ambre as Carmen, 1880 (Philadelphia Museum of Art).