Margaret Atwood mumwe wevanyori mumiririri mukuru —ndisingarevi zvakawanda—mumabhuku emazuva ano Canada uye akazvarwa pazuva rakaita sanhasi muna 1939 muOttawa. Uyewo munyori wekrini uye mutsoropodzi wezvinyorwa, zvichida chimiro chake semudetembi ndicho chisingazivikanwi kana kutevedzwa, yakavharwa nemukurumbira mukuru wenguva pfupi yapfuura wezvinyorwa zvake zverondedzero, izvo zvinotakura mucherechedzo wekudzivirira kwake kodzero dzevakadzi, kuratidzira mumagariro uye hurongwa hwake hwe dystopian.
Magadzirirwo akaitwa kuterevhizheni senhevedzano yemazita akadai se Nyaya yaMhandara o Alias Nyasha Vakawana kufarirwa nevatsoropodzi nevoruzhinji zvakaenzana. Akapihwa mibairo yakawanda kusanganisira iyo Muchinda weAsturias weTsamba muna 2008. Asi nhasi tinounza izvi kusarudzwa kwenhetembo akasarudzwa kubva pabasa rake. Kuzviwana uye kupemberera zuva rekuzvarwa iri.
Margaret Atwood—Nhetembo
hotera
Ndinomuka kwasviba
muimba yaasingazivi
Pane izwi riri padenga
ndine message kwandiri.
dzokorora kakawanda
kusavapo kwemazwi kumwe chete,
inzwi rinoitwa nerudo
kana yasvika pasi.
kumanikidzwa kupinda mumuviri,
cornered. pane mukadzi pamusoro
asina chiso uye nemhuka
mutorwa anodedera mukati make.
Anobudisa mazino ake nokuchema;
inzwi rinozevezera nemadziro uye pasi;
zvino asununguka, akasununguka uye achimhanya
kudzika kugungwa, semvura.
Ongorora mhepo yakakupoteredza uye uwane
nzvimbo. Pakupedzisira, I
inopinda uye inova yangu.
Flashbacks kuHondo ye1837
Imwe yei
zvinhu zvandakawana
mairi, uye kubva ipapo:
kuti nyaya (iyo list
zvezvishuvo zvakawedzerwa uye kurohwa kwerombo rakanaka,
zvipingamupinyi, kudonha uye kukanganisa kunonamatira
separachute)
zvinokanganisa pfungwa dzako
kune rumwe rutivi, uye kune rumwe rutivi inotsvedza
kuti hondo iyi ichakurumidza kuva pakati peavo
zviumbwa zvidiki zvekare
zvinokufukidza negore nokukusvibisa
kubva kumashure kwemusoro,
kuvhiringidzika, kusagadzikana, kusachengeteka
vari kuitei ikoko
uye kuti nguva nenguva vanoonekwa nechiso
idiot uye boka remaoko ebhanana;
nemireza,
nezvombo, kupinda mumiti
brown stroke uye green scribble
kana, mune yakadzika grey penzura kudhirowa
panhare, vanohwanda nokupfura
mumwe nomumwe, utsi uye moto mutsvuku
kuti muruoko rwomwana zviitike.
Dzimwe pfungwa dzinobvira kubva pasi pevhu
Pasi. akavigwa. Ndiri kunzwa
kuseka kwakareruka netsoka; the stridency
zvegirazi nesimbi
vapambi veavo vaiva nazvo
sango routiziro
uye moto unotyisa uye chinhu chitsvene
vadyi venhaka, avo vakamutsa
zvivako zvisina kusimba.
Moyo wangu wakavigwa kwemakumi emakore
Kubva pane pfungwa dzapfuura, ramba uchinamata
Ah, paradza kudada uku, Bhabhironi
inosimwa pasina moto, nepasi pevhu
Namata kuna Mwari wangu wekufa.
Asi vanoramba varipo. Extinct. Ndinonzwa
kuzvidza uye kunyange netsitsi: chii mapfupa
zvezvinokambaira zvikuru
kuparadzaniswa nechimwe chinhu
(ngatitaure kwaari
weather) kunze kwenzvimbo
kuti zvarinoreva zviri nyore
akaronda zvakanga zvakanaka
vainzwa pavakanga vari
kutambudzwa, kuvigwa pakati pemhombwe dzakapfava
mhuka dzinoyamwisa dzisinganzwi dzapedzwa.
Pamberi pegirazi
kwaiita sokumuka
mushure mekurara makore manomwe
ndozviwana ndine ribhoni yakaoma,
yerima rakaoma
yakaora nenyika nehova
asi panzvimbo pezvo ganda rangu raoma
yemakwati nemidzi yakaita sebvudzi jena
Chiso changu chenhaka ndauya nacho
goko rezai rakapwanyika
pakati pemamwe marara:
ndiro yevhu yakapwanyika
panzira yesango, shawl
kubva kuIndia zvakatsemurwa, zvidimbu zvetsamba
uye zuva riri pano randinakidza
ruvara rwayo rwakashata
Maoko angu aoma, zvigunwe zvangu
inoputsika samatavi
uye meso akakanganiswa shure
makore manomwe uye anenge
mapofu/mabundu, anoona chete
mhepo
muromo unoshama
uye inotsemuka sedombo riri pamoto
pakuedza kutaura
Ichi chii
(iwe unowana chete
sezvauri kare,
asi chii
kana watokanganwa kuti yaisanganisira chii
kana kuti unozviwana
iwe hausati waziva)
murume aiva
Kusango kune chando murume wangu ari kuvhura
X, pfungwa inotsanangurwa kusati kwavapo;
inofamba kusvika yasara
yakavanzwa nesango
Kana ini handichamuoni
chii chavepo
ndeipi imwe nzira
kusanganisa mu
masora, mafungu nomumadziva
anovanda kubva pakuchenjerera
kuvapo kwemhuka dzemachakwi
Kudzokera ku
masikati; kana kuti pamwe pfungwa
ndinei naye
chero chandiwana ndadzoka
uye naye akavanda shure kwake.
Inogona kundishandurawo
kana akasvika nemaziso egava kana zizi
kana nevasere
meso emhungu
handigoni kufungidzira
uchaonei
pandinovhura door
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