Okunye Usuku lukaValentine, umhla we-quintessential obekelwe uthando. Kwaye zimbalwa iingoma ezintle zokubhala malunga nothando kuneesonethi. Iivesi ezilishumi elinesine apho lonke uvakalelo olunzima ukuchaza lunokugxila. Zonke iimbongi bezifuna ukuyenza ukusukela ekuqaleni kwexesha. Namhlanje ndiyazikhumbula ezi 6 zithanda iisonethi. Mhlawumbi kunjalo eyaziwa kakhulu Ababhali bayo, ngakumbi abo ILope, iQuevedo kunye neGarcilaso de la Vega, kwaye mhlawumbi zezona zintle kakhulu. Kubo ndongeza ezinye UNeruda, uMiguel Hernández kunye noLorca.
ILope de Vega
Yaphela, yiba noburhalarhume,
erhabaxa, ithenda, inkululeko, ukuphepha,
uyakhuthazeka, uyabulala, akasekho, uyaphila,
unyanisekile, ungumngcatshi, uligwala kwaye unomoya;
ungafumani ngaphandle kweziko elilungileyo kwaye uphumle,
Yonwaba, ube lusizi, uthobeke, uzidle,
unomsindo, ukhaliphile, ubalekile,
wanelisekile, ukhubekile, urhanela;
balekela ubuso kukudana okucacileyo,
sela ityhefu kwisiselo esinxilisayo,
ulibale izibonelelo, uthande ububi;
kholelwa ukuba izulu liyongena esihogweni,
nika ubomi nomphefumlo kudana;
Olu luthando, nabani na oncamle lona uyazi.
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UFrancisco de Quevedo
Vala amehlo am okokugqibela
Umthunzi wokuba imini emhlophe iyakundithatha,
Kwaye unokukhupha lo mphefumlo wam
UHora, ekuthandeni kwakhe;
Kodwa hayi apha elunxwemeni
Iya kushiya imemori, apho yatshisa khona:
Ukuqubha kuyayazi ilangatye lam amanzi abandayo,
Kwaye ulahlekelwe yintlonipho ngomthetho onzima.
Umphefumlo, obuye kuyo yonke intolongo kaThixo,
Imithambo, loluphi uhleko abalunike umlilo omninzi,
Iimeduze, ezitshise ngobuqaqawuli,
Umzimba wakho uya kushiya, hayi inkathalo yakho;
Baya kuba ngumlotha, kodwa kuya kuba nengqondo;
Baya kuba luthuli, nothando ngakumbi uthuli.
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IGarcilaso de la Vega
Isenzo sakho sibhaliwe emphefumlweni wam,
kwaye ndifuna ukubhala malunga nani;
ubhale wedwa, ndiyifundile
ke ndedwa, kangangokuba nakuni ndizigcine kule nto.
Kule nto ndikuyo kwaye ndiya kuhlala ndibakho;
ukuba nangona kungalingani kum indlela endibona ngayo kuwe,
Ndicinga kakhulu ukuba andiqondi
Sele uthathe ukholo kuhlahlo-lwabiwo mali.
Mna andizalwanga ngaphandle kokukuthanda;
Umphefumlo wam ukunqumle ndaya kwinqanaba lawo;
kumkhwa womphefumlo ngokwawo ndiyakuthanda.
Kuninzi kangakanani endikuvumayo ukuba ndinetyala kuwe;
Ndizalelwe wena, ndibubomi kuwe,
Ndiya kufa ngenxa yakho, ndifela wena.
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Pablo Neruda
Zingaphi izihlandlo, uthando, ndikuthandile ndingakubonanga kwaye mhlawumbi ngaphandle kwememori,
ngaphandle kokuqaphela ukujonga kwakho, ngaphandle kokujonga kuwe, ikhulu leminyaka,
kwimimandla echaseneyo, emini enkulu evuthayo:
Ubuyivumba nje leesiriyeli endizithandayo.
Mhlawumbi ndikubonile, ndikuqikelele ngokudlula uphakamisa iglasi
e-Angola, ekukhanyeni kwenyanga kaJuni,
okanye ubusinqe saloo katari
Ndidlale ebumnyameni kwaye kwavakala ngathi lulwandle olugqithisileyo.
Ndikuthandile ndingazi, kwaye ndakhangela inkumbulo yakho.
Ndingene ezindlini ezingenanto kunye netotshi ndebela umfanekiso wakho.
Kodwa besele ndiyazi ukuba yintoni. Ngequbuliso
ngelixa ubuhamba nam ndikuchukumisile kwaye ubomi bam buyekile:
phambi kwamehlo am wawulawula, ukumkanikazi.
Njengomlilo kwihlathi, umlilo bubukumkani bakho.
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UMiguel Hernandez
Ufa ngodidi olulula ...
Ndigwetywe, thando, ndiyavuma
ukuba umntu oqweqwedisayo ongoyikiyo wokwanga,
Ndayikhupha intyatyambo esidleleni sakho.
Ndayikhupha intyatyambo esidleleni sakho,
nakulo uzuko, eso siganeko,
isidlele sakho, ulumkile kwaye unzima,
iwa emagqabini akho kwaye imthubi.
Isiporho sokwanga okungafunekiyo
isifuba usikhuphile,
ngakumbi nangakumbi patent, emnyama nenkulu.
Kwaye ngaphandle kokulala, unomona,
ubukele umlomo wam ngenkathalo engakanani!
ukuze ingadinwa kwaye ingalawuleki.
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UFederico Garcia Lorca
Oku kukhanya, lo mlilo utshisayo.
Le grey imbonakalo indirhangqile.
Le ntlungu ingcinga nje.
Le ntlungu yezulu, umhlaba kunye nexesha.
Esi sililo segazi esihombisa
I-lyre ngaphandle kokubetha ngoku, iti ethambisayo.
Obu bunzima bolwandle obundibethileyo.
Le scorpion ehlala esifubeni sam.
Basisidanga sothando, umandlalo wabalimeleyo,
apho ngaphandle kokulala, ndiphupha ngobukho bakho
phakathi kwamabhodlo esifubeni sam esitshonile.
Kwaye nangona ndifuna ingqungquthela yobulumko
Intliziyo yakho indinika intlambo
ngehemlock kunye nothando lwesayensi ekrakra.