ULuis Cernuda wasweleka nge-5 kaNovemba ngo-1963 kwisiXeko sase Mekhsikho. Ndazalwa e Sevilla kwaye kwakunjalo Enye yeembongi ezibalulekileyo ze Isizukulwana se-27. Namhlanje ndiyamkhumbula ephonononga ubume bakhe kunye nomsebenzi wakhe kwaye eqaqambisa 4 yemibongo yakhe.
ULuis Cernuda
Wayefundela ilizwe lakhe UGustavo Adolfo Becquer xa waba nomdla kwimibongo njengomntwana. Sele ebutsheni bakhe wenza iimpapasho zakhe zokuqala kwi Imagazini yaseNtshona Kwaye sasebenzisana Inyani, Emini o Unxweme, iphephancwadi iMalaga UManuel Altolaguirre. Ebe nefuthe kakhulu kuncwadi lwaseFrance, khumbula ukuba omnye umakhulu notatomkhulu wakhe wayengumFrentshi. Kwimfazwe yamakhaya waya elubhacweni eUnited States, apho wayesebenza khona njengomfundisi-ntsapho, emva koko waya eMexico, apho wasweleka khona.
Bakhe imibongo yokuqala zapapashwa ngo-1927 phantsi kwesihloko esithi Iprofayile yomoya. Kwinqanaba layo ulutsha Iitemos Umlambo, uthando y Ukuzonwabisa okungavumelekanga, ezibonisa ukunamathela kwazo Ukuziqhelanisa. Kwi ukuvuthwa Yima geqe Amafu, malunga neMfazwe yamakhaya. Lakhe isigaba sokugqibelaSele ikho eMexico Umahluko kumxholo waseMexico, Phila ngaphandle kokuphila y Ngeeyure zibaliwe.
4 imibongo
Amanxweme othando
Njengeseyile elwandle
ushwankathela ulangazelelo oluhlaza oluvela
kwiinkwenkwezi ezizayo,
isikali somtshangatshangiso
apho iinyawo zaphezulu zihla ziye enzonzobileni,
nemilo yakho,
ingelosi, idemon, iphupha lothando oluphuphayo,
ishwankathela kum umdla endakhe ndawuphakamisa
aye emafini amaza ayo anyibilikayo.
Ndiva imvakalelo yolo langazelelo,
Mna, eyona inothando,
kumanxweme othando,
ngaphandle kwesibane undibona
ngokuqinisekileyo ufile okanye uyaphila,
Ndicinga ngamaza alo kwaye ndingathanda ukukhukula,
ndinqwenela ukuphambana
Yehla, njengeengelosi abo behla kwileli ye-foam,
ukuya ezantsi kothando olufanayo olungazange lwabonwa mntu.
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Isizathu seenyembezi
Ubusuku bokuba lusizi abunamida.
Umthunzi wakhe kwimvukelo njengogwebu,
zidilize iindonga ezibuthathaka
ndineentloni ngobumhlophe;
ubusuku obungenakuba yimbi ngaphandle kobusuku.
Ngaba abathandi bayazihlalela iinkwenkwezi
mhlawumbi i-adventure icima usizi.
Kodwa wena, ubusuku, uqhutywa yiminqweno
kwanobumanzi bamanzi,
uhlala umile ulindile owaziyo ukuba zeziphi ii-nightingles.
Ngaphaya kwalasha kungcangcazela
iinyoka phakathi kweentsiba,
ibhedi yokugula
engajonganga enye into ngaphandle kobusuku
xa bevala umoya phakathi kwemilebe yabo.
Ubusuku, ubusuku obuqaqambileyo,
ukuba ecaleni kweekona zijija isinqe sakhe,
ukulinda, ngubani owaziyo,
njengam, njengaye wonke umntu.
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Ndingathanda ukuba ndedwa emzantsi
Mhlawumbi amehlo am acothayo akasayi kuphinda awubone umzantsi
yeendawo ezikhanyayo ezilele emoyeni,
ngemizimba esemthunzini wamasebe njengeentyatyambo
okanye ukusaba ngokubaleka ngamahashe aqatha.
Umazantsi yintlango ekhalayo ngelixa kuculwa,
kwaye elo lizwi alicimi njengentaka efileyo;
ulwandle uqondisa iminqweno yakhe ekrakra
ukuvula i-echo etyhafayo ehlala kancinci.
Emazantsi ukude ndifuna ukubhideka.
Imvula ayikho enye into ngaphandle kwesiqingatha esivulekileyo;
inkungu yayo ihleka, ukuhleka okumhlophe emoyeni.
Ubumnyama bayo, ukukhanya kwayo kubuhle obulinganayo.
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Apho kulibala khona
Apho ulibala luhlala khona,
Kwiigadi ezinkulu ngaphandle kokusa;
Apho ndibakho nje
Inkumbulo yelitye elalingcwatyelwe phakathi kwamarhawu
Apho umoya ubaleka ukulala kwakhe.
Apho igama lam lishiya khona
Kumzimba ochaza iingalo zeenkulungwane,
Apho umnqweno awukho.
Kula mmandla mkhulu apho uthando, ingelosi eyoyikekayo,
Musa ukuzifihla njengensimbi
Iphiko lakhe esifubeni sam,
Ukuncuma kugcwele lubabalo lasemoyeni njengoko intuthumbo ikhula.
Naphi na apho olu langazelelo lufuna umnini kumfanekiso wakhe luphela,
Ukuhambisa ubomi bakhe kobunye ubomi,
Ayikho enye into engaphezulu kokujonga amehlo.
Apho usizi novuyo kungekho ngaphezulu kwamagama,
Izulu lomhlaba kunye nomhlaba ojikeleze inkumbulo;
Apho ekugqibeleni ndikhululekile ndingazi ngokwam,
Ukunyibilikiswa yinkungu, ukungabikho,
Ukungabikho kancinci njengenyama yomntwana.
Apho, phaya kude;
Apho kulibala khona.