UIvan Krylov. Umzobo nguKarl Briulov (1839) -Igalari yaseTetryakov. EMoscow
Ndifumanise u-Ivan Krylov ngengozi kwiminyaka eyadlulayo, kumaxwebhu am afundwayo Kwinoveli awayeyibhala isetiwe eSoviet Union ekupheleni kweMfazwe yesibini (II) yeHlabathi. Ndifunde yonke into emva koko: iprozi, isihobe kunye namabali, kuba naluphi na uhlobo lombhalo ngababhali baseRussia luye lwandithathela ingqalelo, okanye ndicinga ukuba lunokuba luncedo okomzuzwana othile. Ndaboleka igama lokugqibela likaKrylov kuba ndandilithanda komnye wabalinganiswa bam. Wazalelwa eMoscow ngosuku olufana nolwanamhlanje de 1768 kwaye ithathwa njenge oyena mntu ubalaseleyo kunye nodumileyo waseRussia. Ke ndiyizisa apha yazise kwabo bangaziyo kwaye bafunde Iintsomi zakhe.
UIvan Andreyevich Krylov
Iintsomi ezimbini
Ingcongconi kunye nomalusi
Umalusi wayelele emthunzini, ethembele ezinjeni zakhe,
yathi inyoka yakukubona oko, yaphuma ematyholweni
urhubuluze weza kuye nolwimi luhleli kakuhle.
Kwaye umfundisi akasayi kuphinda abe ngoweli hlabathi
kodwa ingcongconi yakhe yenceba,
kwaye ngamandla lihlaba umntu oleleyo.
Vusa umalusi ubulale inyoka;
kodwa ngaphambi kokuba ingcongconi ifikelele phakathi kwamaphupha
akwasala nanye into yeli hlwempu.
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Zingaphi iimeko ezinjalo ezikhoyo:
Kuba kwabona banamandla kunaye ababuthathaka, sishukunyiswa kokulungileyo;
Zama ukubonisa abomeleleyo kwabomeleleyo,
Uya kubona ukuba kuyafana nengcongconi
kuya kwenzeka kuye.
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Inkumba, ikatfish kunye nononkala
Xa kungekho sivumelwano phakathi kwamaqabane
Ishishini lakho alizukuhamba kakuhle,
kwaye ngaphambi kokuba ukubandezeleka kuphume apho.
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Idada, ikatfish kunye nononkala
ukutsala imoto bafumana
kwaye abathathu badibana naye;
Bayabulaleka kwaye bayazibhokoxa, kodwa imoto ayihambi!
Umthwalo kubo ngekhe ubenzima:
kodwa kukuba inkuku itsala iye emafini,
Unonkala emva, kunye nekatfish emanzini.
Ngubani kubo onetyala, ngubani ongekhoyo, ayikokwethu ukugweba.
Imoto kuphela esekho.