Ukufota. Ikholeji yaseAmherst
UEmily Dickinson Ngenye ye ezona mbongi zibalulekileyo embalini kuncwadi lwaseMelika nakwilizwe liphela, kwinqanaba labantu bakowabo uEdgar Allan Poe okanye uWalt Whitman. Namhlanje kuzelwe kwisixeko saseAmherst, eMassachusetts, kwi1830.
Umsebenzi wakhe waphawulwa yimfundo yakhe, nangona yayiphakathi kwamanani aziingqondi, yayikwimeko yokuhlanjululwa. Ukusuka kubomi obufihlakeleyo, naye wayenayo mveliso, ebesele ihleliwe emva kokufa kwakhe. Kodwa kungcono ukuyifunda kunokuba uthethe ngayo. Ke iyahamba Ukukhethwa kweminye imibongo emifutshane emininzi ngubani obhalileyo.
UEmily Dickinson
Kwakunjalo intombi kunye nomzukulwana wamanani afanelekileyo yexesha, kodwa imfundo kwimeko engqongqo nevaliweyo yamenza waba ngu isizungu kunye nomntu ongathandekiyo. Ngenxa yoko akazange abenabahlobo abaninzi. Phakathi kwabo kwakukho umfundisi UCharles wadsworth, owaphembelela indlela acinga ngayo nemibongo yakhe. Kwakhona Wazithanda iimbongi uRobert noElizabeth Barrett Browning, uJohn Keats, kunye nemibhalo ye URalph Waldo Emerson, uHenry David Thoreau, kunye nezo zeenoveli UNathaniel Hawthorne kunye noHarriet Beecher Stowe.
Umsebenzi wakhe usuka kwi ukuqheleka kwemigaqo yayo ngokwefom kunye nomxholo wokuthambeka kunye nokufunyanwa kothando -okanye awuthandeki- emhlabeni kuThixo. Kukwanjalo imveliso yobulolo obubalulekileyo wayefuna ngokuzithandela. Kwaye ngamanye amaxesha iyatshintsha phakathi kokukhanya nokungafihlisi nobunzima ukuqonda ngakumbi. Kodwa akukho nto iphazamisa uvakalelo lwakho. Le yeminye imibongo esoloko imfutshane.
Ukukhethwa kwemibongo
Isibhakabhaka sisezantsi
Isibhakabhaka sisezantsi, amafu amabi;
umhambi wekhephu
ngediliya okanye ngomsele
mpikiswano ukuba izakuhamba na.
Umoya omdaka ukhalaza imini yonke
indlela umntu amphethe ngayo.
Indalo, njengathi, ngamanye amaxesha iyabanjiswa
ngaphandle kwentloko yakhe.
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Yazi ukuba sithwala njani isahlulo sethu ebusuku
Yazi ukuba sithwala njani isahlulo sethu ebusuku
okanye kusasa okumsulwa;
gcwalisa ubuze bethu ngendelelo,
yigcwalise ngolonwabo.
Nantsi inkwenkwezi, kunye nenye inkwenkwezi kude:
abanye bayalahleka.
Nantsi inkungu, ngaphaya kwenye inkungu,
kodwa kamva emini.
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Lihambile ixesha lomntu
Lihambile ixesha lomntu
kodwa kusekutsha kuThixo
Indalo, ayinamandla okunceda
kodwa umthandazo ubusecaleni kwethu
Lilunge kangakanani izulu
xa umhlaba ungenakubakho
Unobubele kangakanani ke ubuso
kummelwane wethu wakudala, uThixo.
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Ukuqiniseka
Andizange ndilibone ilizwe eliyinkqantosi
nolwandle andizange ndilubone
kodwa ndiwabonile amehlo eshwangusha
Kwaye ndiyazi ukuba ayintoni amaza
Andizange ndithethe noThixo
ndingazange ndimtyelele neZulu,
kodwa ndiqinisekile ukuba ndisuka phi
ngokungathi bandinike ikhosi.
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Endandihlala ndiyithanda
Endandihlala ndiyithanda
Ndikuphathele ubungqina
de ndathanda
Khange ndihlale-ngokwaneleyo
endiza kusoloko ndiyithanda
Ndiza kuxoxa nawe
yintoni uthando bubomi
nobomi bokungafi
-Ukuba uyathandabuza uyathandeka,
ke andinayo
akukho nto yokubonisa
ngaphandle kwekalvari
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Iphupha
Ukubaleka emhlabeni
incwadi yeyona nqanawa ibalaseleyo;
kwaye uhamba bhetele kumbongo
ukuba kweyona mimoya inomoya kwaye ikhawulezayo
Nabona bahluphekayo bangayenza,
akukho nto kufuneka ihlawule:
umphefumlo ekuthuthweni kwephupha lawo
kondliwa kuphela kukuthula kunye noxolo.
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Ndizifihlile kwintyatyambo yam
Ndizifihlile kwintyatyambo yam
ukuze, ukuba undithwala ngesifuba sakho,
ngaphandle kokukrokrela, ubukhona nawe ...
Kwaye iingelosi kuphela ziya kwazi ezinye.
Ndizifihlile kwintyatyambo yam
ukuze, xa ndityibilika kwiglasi yakho,
wena, ngaphandle kokwazi, uzive
phantse isithukuthezi endikushiye ngaso.
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Amaphupha sisipho esifihlakeleyo
Amaphupha sisipho esifihlakeleyo
lonto isenza sibe zizityebi iyure yonke
emva koko baphosa thina ngamahlwempu.
Ngaphandle komnyango omfusa
Kwitywina elibandayo
Ngaphambili ngaphambi kokuba ngumnini.