Ngano dze Jorge Francisco Isidoro Luis Borges Acevedo (Buenos Aires, Nyamavhuvhu 24, 1899-Geneva, Chikumi 14, 1986) ipfuma, zvishamiso zvidiki zvakakosha kuti zvionekwe. Avo vandinopa nhasi vanobva mubhuku rake Fikisheni (1944), kunyanya chikamu chekutanga, Iyo Bindu reKufambisa Nzira.
Tlon, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius
Chimwe chezvikoro zveTlön chinoenda kusvika pakuramba nguva: zvinofunga kuti izvozvi hazvigone, kuti iro ramangwana harina chokwadi kunze kwetariro iripo, kuti zvakapfuura hazvina chokwadi kunze kwekurangarira kwazvino.* Chimwe chikoro chinozivisa kuti chakatopfuura nguva dzose uye kuti hupenyu hwedu hunongova ndangariro kana ratidziro yemangwanani, pasina mubvunzo kunyepedzera nekuremadzwa, kweyakagadziriswa nzira. Imwezve, kuti nhoroondo yezvinhu zvese - uye mavari hupenyu hwedu uye nehunyoro hwakanyanya hwehupenyu hwedu - iko kunyora kwakaburitswa nevekumadokero mwari kuti anzwisise dhimoni. Chimwezve, kuti zvinhu zvese zvinoenzanisirwa neaya mahedhiyo ayo zvisirizvo zviratidzo zvese zvinoshanda uye kuti chete zvinoitika husiku mazana matatu ese ndezvechokwadi. Imwe ndeyekuti isu patinorara pano, isu takamuka kumwe kunhu uye kuti murume mumwe nemumwe varume vaviri.
*Russell. (Kuongorora kwepfungwa, 1921, peji 159) anofungidzira kuti nyika yakasikwa maminetsi mashoma apfuura, yakapihwa hunhu huno "rangarira" zvakapusa zvakapfuura.
Tinotanga ne Tlon, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius, nyaya inoongorora kuvepo kweimwe nyika inonzi Tlön. Kusaverengeka kunovhiringidza kusahadzika kunovanda mumapeji ayo ese. Iyo imwe nyika iriko zvechokwadi here? Icho kugadzirwa kwevadzidzi vechokwadi chedu here? Cosmos yedu yakatemerwa kuve Tlön nekupfuura kweasina kujairika eons?
Chinhu chinonyanya kufadza pamusoro penyaya kuverenga kwayo kwakawanda, zvese pa zvinyorwa, se uzivi o kufananidza. Kune rimwe divi, iyo Borgian maitiro, ayo kupokana nemiganhu pakati pechokwadi nenhema, iripo mune yega uye yega ezve mazwi eiyi yakasarudzika nyaya.
Denderedzwa matongo
Mutorwa akatambanudza pasi pechigadziko. Akamutswa nezuva rakakwira. Akaona pasina kushamisika kuti maronda apora; akavhara maziso ake akachenuruka ndokurara, kwete nekuda kwekushaya simba kwenyama asi nekuda kwekutsunga kwechido. Aiziva kuti tembere iyi ndiyo nzvimbo chinangwa chake chisingakundwe chaida; iye aiziva kuti miti isingagumi yakanga isina kubudirira mukudzipa, zasi kwerwizi, matongo eimwe tembere ine mbiri, zvakare yevamwari vakapiswa uye vakafa; aiziva kuti chaaisungirwa kuita kwaive kurara. […]
MuGnostic cosmogony, avo vanodzora vanokanya Adamu mutsvuku asingakwanise kumira; asina hunyanzvi uye akaomarara uye akasimba saiye Adhamu weguruva, aive iye Adhamu wekurara uyo anga agadzirwa nehusiku hwemashiripiti.
Kana chimwe chinhu chakamira Denderedzwa matongo ndeyekuguma kwayo kunonakidza uko, hongu, ini handizoburitse. Asi iyo nzira iri pakati pemitsetse yayo inongonakidzawo. Iyo nyaya inotitora isu kuenda kumatongo ekare denderedzwa tembere, uko murume anozvipira iye amene kufungisisa. Chinangwa chayo chakajeka: kurota nezvemumwe murume kusvika padanho chaipo chaipo.
Irotari muBhabhironi
Uku kushanda chinyararire, kwakaenzana neiko kwaMwari, kunokonzeresa kwese kufungidzira. Vamwe vanotaura nenzira inosembura kuti Sosaiti haina kumbovapo kwemazana emakore uye kuti nyonganiso inoyera yehupenyu hwedu inongova nhaka, tsika; mumwe anotonga kuti ndeyekusingaperi uye anodzidzisa kuti ichagara kusvika husiku hwekupedzisira, apo mwari wekupedzisira paachaparadza nyika. Mumwe anozivisa kuti Kambani ine simba rose, asi kuti inongokanganisa zvinhu zveminiti: mukuchema kweshiri, mumaruva engura neguruva, mukati mokurota kwemambakwedza. Mumwe, kubva pamuromo weakafukidzwa heresiarchs, asina kumbobvira aripo uye haazombovapo.
Tinopedzisira ne Irotari muBhabhironi, nyaya inotsanangura marongedzerwo aiitwa nyika iyoyo pamukana wakazara. Iko kusimbisa kwenyaya iyi ndeyekuti haitsanangure, inopa zano; nenzira yekuti inokurudzira kufungidzira kwemuverengi uye zvinomuita mubatanidzi munyaya yacho.