The Little Mermaid / Mamiwota Nta. Tranzlaty English Igbo - Hans Christian Andersen;Susannah Mary Paull; Tranzlaty

When it grew dark, a number of colored lamps were lighted

Mgbe ọchịchịrị gbara, a mụnyere ọtụtụ oriọna agba dị iche iche

the sailors and royal family danced merrily on the deck

Ndị ọrụ ụgbọ mmiri na ezinụlọ eze gbara egwu n'ọṅụ n'elu ụgbọ mmiri ahụ

The little mermaid could not help thinking of her birthday

Nwada nwanyị ahụ enweghị ike ịkwụsị iche echiche banyere ụbọchị ọmụmụ ya

the day that she rose out of the sea for the first time

ụbọchị o biliri n'oké osimiri maka oge mbụ o si n'oké osimiri bilie

similar joyful festivities were celebrated on that day

E mere emume ọṅụ ndị yiri nke ahụ n'ụbọchị ahụ

she thought about the wonder and hope she felt that day

o chebaara ihe ijuanya na olileanya o nwere n'ụbọchị ahụ echiche.

with those pleasant memories, she too joined in the dance

Site n'ihe ncheta ndị ahụ dị ụtọ, ya onwe ya sonyekwara n'agba egwu ahụ

on her paining feet, she poised herself in the air

n'ụkwụ ya na-afụ ụfụ, o jisiri ike n'ikuku

the way a swallow poises itself when in pursuit of prey

otú ilo si ada n'ọnọdụ siri ike mgbe a na-achụ ya anụ

the sailors and the servants cheered her wonderingly

Ndị ọrụ ụgbọ mmiri na ndị ohu ya tiri ya ihe n'ụzọ dị ịtụnanya

She had never danced so gracefully before

Ọ dịtụbeghị mgbe ọ gbara egwu mara mma otú a mbụ