Ingcwaba likaLuis de Camoes. Ifoto (c) UBrian Snelson. IFlickr.
ULuis de Camoes yimbongi yesizwe yasePortugal. Namhlanje intsha isikhumbuzo sokufa kwakhe en Lisboa en 1580, nalapho wayehlala khona. Umsebenzi wakhe owaziwayo wemibongo ngu IiLusiads, kodwa wabhala nezihlekisayo ezintathu zeqonga. Ngobomi obunzulu kakhulu phakathi kwenkundla, intolongo kunye nokuhamba, ekupheleni kweentsuku zakhe wayehlala kwintlupheko kwaye egula. Kwimemori yakhe Ndiyibalaselisa le mibongo mine.
ULuis de Camoes
Kukholelwa ukuba wazalelwa ngaphakathi Lisboa ngo-1524 kwaye wafunda kwiYunivesithi yase ICoimbra. Wafudukela eLisbon ngo-1542, apho wayehlala esiya kwinkundla kakumkani UJohn iii, apho wazisa ngobuchule bakhe bemibongo. Kodwa kwafuneka ukuba aye elubhacweni ngenxa yokuthandana.
Ngo-1547 waqala eyakhe umsebenzi wezomkhosi kwaye ngo-1550 wabuyela eLisbon, apho waphinda waba neengxaki kwaye wavalelwa ngenxa Ukulwa esitratweni. Emva kokushiya iminyaka emithathu kamva, wemka Indiya, wasinda xa inqanawa yaphuka yaza yabuyela eLisbon ngo-1570.
Umxholo ophambili wemibongo yakhe yiyo ungquzulwano phakathi kothando olunomdla kunye nolwenyama kunye nomgangatho ofanelekileyo wePlato yothando lomoya. Vula IiLusiads, ngowona msebenzi wakhe udumileyo, wadumisa ukuxhaphaka koonyana baka ILusus, amaPhuthukezi, kodwa ikwabonakalise ubukrakra ngenxa yezenzo zenkohlakalo zecolonialism yasePortugal. Kuyafana ithoni yokungaqiniseki ihlala kwingoma yayo. Wayekwangumbhali we amahlaya amathathu: Umbizi, UKumkani Seleucus y UPhilodemus.
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Ndifuna ukuhamba, mama
Ndifuna ukuhamba, mama,
kuloo gali,
nomatiloshe
ukuba ngumatiloshe.
Mama, ukuba ndiye,
nantoni na endiyifunayo,
Andiyifuni
Uthando luyayifuna.
Loo mntwana unobundlobongela
undenza ndife
ngumatiloshe
ukuba ngumatiloshe.
Lowo unokwenza nantoni na
mama, ngekhe ukwazi,
Ewe umphefumlo uyahamba
vumela umzimba uhlale.
Kunye naye, endimfelayo
Ndiyahamba, kuba andifi:
ukuba ungumatiloshe,
Ndiza kuba ngumatiloshe
Ngumthetho ongqwabalala
yenkwenkwe mhlekazi
ukuba ngothando
Ukumkani uyalahlwa.
Kulungile ngale ndlela
Ndifuna ukuhamba, ndifuna,
ngumatiloshe
ukuba ngumatiloshe.
Yitsho amaza, nini
wawunxibisa intombi,
uthambile kwaye umhle,
uye kukhangela?
Kodwa into engalindelwanga
da loo mntwana unengcwangu?
Bona ukuba ndifuna bani:
ulwandle.
***
Amehlo, undilimazile
Amehlo, undilimazile,
gqibezela ukundibulala;
ngaphezulu, ufile, jonga kwakhona,
kuba uyandivusa.
Ewe, undinike inxeba elinjalo
bafuna ukundibulala,
Ukufa kuyinhlanhla kum,
Ewe, ngokufa undinika ubomi.
Amehlo, unqanda ntoni?
Gqiba undibulala ngoku;
ngaphezulu, ufile, jonga kwakhona,
kuba uyandivusa.
Isilonda, akunjalo, sesam,
nangona, amehlo, awufuni;
kodwa ukuba ungandibulala,
ukufa luvuyo kum.
Kwaye ke nditsho ukugqiba,
oh amehlo, sele efuna ukundibulala;
ngaphezulu, ufile, jonga kwakhona,
kuba uyandivusa.
***
Ukubona ubuhle bakho, oh sithandwa sam
Ukubona ubuhle bakho, oh sithandwa sam,
Ukusuka kwamehlo am ukutya okunencasa,
iphezulu kakhulu ingcinga yam
Sele ndilazi izulu emoyeni wakho.
Kwaye kakhulu umhlaba ndilahlekile
ukuba andithelekeleli nto ekuthobeleni,
kwaye ungene ekucingiseni ummangaliso wakho
Ndithule, ndilungile, kwaye ndinomdla.
Ukusijonga, Nenekazi, ndiyabhideka,
kuye wonke umntu ocinga ngokupela kwakho
Andikwazi ukwenza ubabalo lwakho oluhle.
Ngenxa yokuba umhlaba ubona ubuhle obuninzi kuwe
ukuba ayimothusi xa ibona ukuba ngubani owenzileyo
Ungumbhali wezulu neenkwenkwezi.
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Amaxesha kunye nomyolelo utshintshe
Amaxesha nomyolelo ziyatshintsha;
Ukuba lutshintsho, ukuthembela kuyatshintsha;
ihlabathi lenziwe ngokuhamba
uhlala uthatha iimpawu ezintsha.
Sihlala sijonga iindaba
ezahlukeneyo kwinto yonke ngethemba;
ukusuka kobubi kuhlala isohlwayo kubulungu;
kwaye ngokulungileyo, ukuba bekukho, saudades.
Ixesha liyajika ukuyogquma ngengubo eluhlaza
Intili apho kwakukhazimla khona
kwala ngoma iyalila ngaphakathi kum.
Ngaphandle kwalolu tshintsho suku ngalunye,
Ukuhamba, kukho enye eyoyikisayo:
ukuba akasashukumi njengakuqala.