Margaret Atwood ndi m'modzi mwa olemba woyimilira kwambiri —osati kunena zambiri — m’mabuku amakono Canada ndipo adabadwa tsiku ngati lero mu 1939 ku Ottawa. Komanso screenwriter ndi wolemba mabuku, mwina mbali yake monga wolemba ndakatulo ndiyodziwika kwambiri kapena kutsatiridwa, ataphimbidwa ndi kutchuka kwakukulu kwaposachedwa kwa zolemba zake, zomwe zimatsimikizira kuti amateteza ufulu wa amayi, ziwonetsero zamagulu ndi ziwembu zake za dystopian.
Zosintha zomwe zapangidwira pawailesi yakanema ngati mitu yamutu monga Nkhani Ya Mdzakazi o Alias Chisomo Iwo adayanjidwa ndi otsutsa ndi anthu mofanana. Wapatsidwa mphoto zingapo kuphatikizapo Kalonga wa Asturias wa Makalata mu 2008. Koma lero tikubweretsa izi kusankha ndakatulo osankhidwa kuchokera ku ntchito yake. Kuti mupeze ndikukondwerera tsiku lobadwa ili.
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Margaret Atwood - Ndakatulo
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Ndimadzuka mumdima
m'chipinda chachilendo
Pali mawu padenga
ndi meseji kwa ine.
bwerezani mobwerezabwereza
kusowa kwa mawu komweko,
phokoso limene chikondi chimapanga
ikafika pansi,
kukakamizidwa kulowa m'thupi,
wapakona. pali mkazi pamwamba
wopanda nkhope komanso ndi nyama
mlendo amene akunjenjemera mkati mwake.
Amadula mano ndi kulira;
mawu amanong'oneza m'makoma ndi pansi;
tsopano wamasuka, wamasuka ndipo akuthamanga
kutsika kunyanja, ngati madzi.
Yang'anani mpweya wakuzungulirani ndikupeza
danga. Pomaliza, I
Imalowa ndipo imakhala yanga.
Kubwerera ku Nkhondo ya 1837
Mmodzi wa
zinthu zomwe ndapeza
m'menemo, ndipo kuyambira pamenepo:
kuti nkhani (mndandanda umenewo
kuchuluka kwa zilakolako ndi kugunda kwa mtima,
zolepheretsa, kugwa ndi zolakwika zomwe zimamatira
ngati parachuti)
zimasokoneza malingaliro anu
mbali imodzi, ndi ina imatsetsereka
kuti nkhondo iyi posachedwapa idzakhala pakati pa iwo
ziwerengero zazing'ono zakale
zomwe zimakuphimbani ndi kukuchepetsani
kuchokera kumbuyo kwa mutu,
osokonezeka, osakhazikika, osatetezeka
akutani kumeneko
ndi kuti nthawi ndi nthawi amawonekera ndi nkhope
chitsiru ndi gulu la manja a nthochi;
ndi mbendera,
ndi zida, kupita kumitengo
brown stroke ndi green scribble
kapena, muzojambula za pensulo zotuwa kwambiri
ku linga, amabisala ndi kuwombera
wina ndi mzake, utsi ndi moto wofiira
kuti m’dzanja la mwana akwaniritsidwe.
Malingaliro ena otheka kuchokera pansi pa nthaka
Pansi. kukwiriridwa. Ndikumva
kuseka kopepuka ndi mapazi; kuyenda
wa galasi ndi chitsulo
owukira omwe anali nawo
nkhalango yopulumukirako
ndi moto woopsa ndi chinthu chopatulika
olowa nyumba, amene anaukitsa
nyumba zosalimba.
Mtima wanga unayikidwa kwa zaka zambiri
Kuchokera kumalingaliro akale, pempheranibe
Tagwetsa kunyada kowala uku, Babuloni
omangidwa popanda moto, kupyola mu dothi la pansi
Pempherani kwa Mulungu wanga wakufa.
Koma iwo amakhalabe. Zatha. Ndikumva
kunyoza koma chifundo: chimene mafupa
za zokwawa zazikulu
kusweka ndi chinachake
(tiyeni tinene za iye
weather) kunja kwa malo
kuti tanthauzo lake losavuta
adawatsata zomwe zinali zabwino
anamva pamene iwo anali
kuzunzidwa, kukwiriridwa pakati pa achiwerewere ofatsa
zoyamwitsa zosamvera zathetsedwa.
Pamaso pagalasi
zinali ngati kudzuka
atagona zaka zisanu ndi ziwiri
ndikupeza ndili ndi riboni yolimba,
wakuda wokhwima
zovunda ndi nthaka ndi mitsinje
koma m’malo mwake khungu langa linauma
wa khungwa ndi mizu ngati tsitsi loyera
Nkhope yanga yobadwa nayo ndinabwera nayo
chigoba cha dzira chophwanyika
mwa zinyalala zina:
mbale yadothi yosweka
panjira ya nkhalango, shawl
zochokera ku India zidang'ambika, zidutswa za makalata
ndipo dzuwa pano landisangalatsa
mtundu wake wankhanza
Manja anga auma, zala zanga
chophwanyika ngati nthambi
ndi maso othedwa nzeru pambuyo pake
zaka zisanu ndi ziwiri ndipo pafupifupi
akhungu/masamba, amene amangoona
mphepo
pakamwa potsegula
ndipo imasweka ngati mwala pamoto
poyesa kunena
Ichi ndi chiyani
(mukupeza
momwe mulili kale,
koma chiyani
ngati mwaiwala kale zomwe zidali
kapena mutapeza zimenezo
simunadziwepo)
munthu ameneyo
Kumunda ndi chipale chofewa mwamuna wanga akutsegula
X, lingaliro lofotokozedwa kusanakhale kanthu;
imachoka mpaka itakhala
zobisika ndi nkhalango
Pamene sindimamuwonanso
chakhala chiyani
njira ina
amasanganiza mu
udzu, kugwedezeka pamadzi
amabisala tcheru
kukhalapo kwa nyama zakutchire
Kubwerera ku
masana; kapena mwina lingaliro
ndili naye chiyani
chirichonse chimene chindipeza ine kubwerera
ndipo pamodzi ndi iye anabisala pambuyo pake.
Ikhoza kundisintha inenso
akafika ndi maso a nkhandwe kapena a kadzidzi
kapena ndi eyiti
maso a kangaude
sindingathe kulingalira
udzawona chiyani
ndikatsegula chitseko
Gwero: Mawu otsika
Khalani oyamba kuyankha