A cikin wannan labarin na biyu da aka sadaukar don Littattafan Spain na da Ba za ku iya rasa ɗayan shahararrun sunaye ba: Juan Ruiz, Babban Archpriest na Hita. Don haka a yau lokaci ya yi da za mu tuna da siffa da aikin da ba ya mutuwa, da Littafin Soyayya Mai Kyau, tare da kamar wata guntu zaba
Juan Ruiz, Archpriest na Hita
Ba a san da yawa game da ainihi ba na Juan Ruiz fiye da yadda ya san sunansa da matsayinsa. Amma a cikin 'yan shekarun nan an sami karin bincike kuma hakikanin kasancewar sa an sanya shi a wajajen 1330, kwanan wata wanda ya rubuta shi a Toledo a matsayin mai ba da shaida a cikin hukuncin yanke hukunci.
Saboda haka sai ya zama Archpriest na Diocese na Toledo, tare da horo mai yawa a ilimin tauhidi da ilimin kide kide da wake-wake. Kuma daga baya shima zaiyi wasa ofisoshin cocin wannan zai dauke shi, sama da duka, ta hanyar Hita, Guadalajara da Alcalá de Henares. Kuma kodayake ba a iya tantance shekarar haihuwarsa, ko shekarar mutuwarsa, ko wuraren ba, masana tarihi da yawa sun gano haihuwar tasa a waɗannan biranen biyu.
Littafin Soyayya Mai Kyau
Wannan shine abin da shugaban majalisa da kansa ya kira shi a cikin rubutu da rubuce-rubuce da aka kiyaye suna da kwanakin na 1330 y 1343. An rubuta a ciki katse katsewa da mutum na farko, yana baka damar fadada ko kara wasu aukuwa kamar labarai, tatsuniyoyi, labarai, waƙoƙi ko maganganu.
Ba zai iya dacewa da kowane sanannen tarihin adabin zamani ba, amma yana da kamar taƙaitaccen abin da ke akwai, tare da tattara jigogi da nau'o'i hakan ya kasance yana zaburar da wasu. Kuma tabbas yana da picaresque littafin wannan yana tattara dukkan haruffa da halaye, kusa da soyayya musamman, na al'ummar wancan lokacin.
Abubuwa Guda Biyu
Yi magana da soyayya ...
Idan kanaso ka so masu ko kuma wace mace
abubuwa da yawa za ku fara koya
ta yadda take son yi maka maraba da soyayya.
Da farko, kalli wacce mace zaka zaba.
Yana neman kyakkyawa, kyakkyawa mai koshin lafiya,
wannan ba shi da tsayi sosai, amma kuma ba shi da duwawu;
idan zaka iya, kar ka so mace mai mugunta,
saboda bai san komai ba game da soyayya, baƙauye da takura.
Yana neman wata siririyar mace mai karamin kai,
gashi mai rawaya, ba a rina shi da henna ba;
girayen da aka raba, dogaye, masu tsayi, a cikin dutse;
kwatangwalo masu faɗi, wannan shine girman mai shi.
Babba, kyakkyawa, mai bayyanawa, idanu masu haske
kuma tare da gashin ido mai tsayi, a bayyane da dariya;
kunnuwa kanana, sirara; don karya kake
idan yana da babban wuya, wannan shine yadda mutane suke son shi.
Hancin kaifi, haƙora mai hakora,
daidai yake da fari fari, kaɗan kaɗan,
da jan gumis, da haƙoran kaifi,
leben bakinsa ja, kunkuntar
Karamin bakinsa, da kyau, a kyakkyawar hanya,
fuskarsa fari, ba gashi, bayyananniya kuma santsi;
ya kamata ka fara ganin ta ba tare da rigar ba
saboda surar jikin zata fada maka: wannan aguisa!
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Aristotle ya ce, kuma gaskiya ne ...
Aristotle ya ce, kuma gaskiya ne,
cewa mutum yana aiki don abubuwa biyu: na farko,
don abinci, kuma na biyu ya kasance
a bi ta ƙungiya tare da mace mai daɗi.
Idan na fada shi, ana iya ketare shi,
amma wani masanin falsafa yace dashi, bani da laifi.
Bai kamata mu yi shakkar abin da mai hikima ya ce ba,
domin hikimarsa ta fahimta an tabbatar da hujjoji.
Cewa mai hankali yace gaskiya an tabbatar a fili;
mutane, tsuntsaye da dabbobi, duk dabbobin kogo
yana so, ta dabi'a, koyaushe sabon kamfani
kuma yafi mutum yawa fiye da wani mai motsi.
Nace wannan yafi mutum, saboda sauran halittu
kawai a lokaci guda suke haɗuwa, ta ɗabi'a;
mutum, a kowane lokaci, ba tare da hankali ba kuma ba tare da awo ba,
duk lokacin da yake so kuma zai iya yin wannan hauka.
Wuta ta fi so a riƙe ta cikin toka,
saboda da sannu an shanye shi yafi yawa;
mutum, idan yayi zunubi, sai ya ga yana zamewa,
amma ta dabi'a, yana zurfafa cikin mugunta.
Ni, kamar yadda ni mutum ne kuma, saboda haka, mai zunubi ne,
Na ji babban ƙaunar mata a wasu lokuta.
Cewa muna gwada abubuwa ba koyaushe bane mafi munin;
san nagarta da mugunta kuma zabi mafi kyau.
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