Umvumbi uMaria Rilke Wayeyimbongi kunye nombhali wenoveli Ndazalelwa ePrague ngomhla onje namhlanje ngo-1875. Enye ye Ababhali ababaluleke kakhulu kulwimi lwesiJamani ngexesha lakhe emva koko kwihlabathi liphela. Zezi 6 yemibongo yakhe ukukhumbula.
Umvumbi uMaria Rilke
La ebuntwaneni kaRilke wayenjalo kumakishwa ngu usapho luzele ziingxabano. Emva kokuyeka isikolo somkhosi ngenxa yeengxaki zempilo, wenza njalo izifundo zoncwadi, ezobugcisa kunye nefilosofi eMunich naseBerlin. Wazinikela ngokupheleleyo ekubhaleni nakwivwaya kumazwe aliqela yaseYurophu. Ukuhlala ngaphakathi EParis, apho wapapasha khona imisebenzi enjenge Imibongo emitsha, Imfuneko, kwaye inoveli Iincwadana zeMalte Laurids Brigge.
Ngexesha iMfazwe Yehlabathi yokuqala ebe kwi munich, apho wakhonza njengonobhala. Wagqiba eSwitzerland, apho wapapasha izihloko zakhe ezibalaseleyo: IiSonethi kwiOrpheus kunye Iimpawu zeDuino.
Imibongo
Usuku lokuwa
Mhlekazi: lixesha. Kwakudala ihlobo.
Beka isithunzi sakho kuma-sundials,
kwaye ndikhulule imimoya enqumla amathafa.
Yenza iziqhamo zokugqibela ixesha;
mnike iintsuku ezimbini ubheke ezantsi.
Bakhuthaze ekuqoleni nasekubekeni
kwiwayini eshinyeneyo ubumnandi bokugqibela.
Lowo ungenayo ngoku akazukulenza ikhaya,
okuphela kedwa ngoku uya kuhlala ekhona,
Uya kujonga, afunde, abhale iileta ezinde,
kwaye ujikeleze iindlela,
ukuphumla njengokuqengqeleka kwamagqabi.
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Iiroses
Ukuba ukutsha kwakho ngamanye amaxesha kuyasimangalisa kakhulu
ukonwaba,
Ngaba nguwe, ngaphakathi,
petal nxamnye ne-petal, uyaphumla.
Ukuseta ngokubanzi kusete iziko labo
ukulala, ngelixa bephatha, kungenakubalwa,
ukuthamba kwentliziyo ethe cwaka
eziya kumlomo ogqithileyo.
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Umthandi
Ewe ndiyakunqwenela. Ndityibilika
isandla, ukulahleka kwam,
Akukho themba lokuyiphikisa loo nto
ukuba, kwicala lakho, ifikelela kum
ezinzulu, ezingaphambukanga, ezingadibaniyo.
… Ngala maxesha: Ndandiyinto eNye kuphela,
akukho nto iya kukhala, kwaye iya kundingcatsha;
ukuthula kwam. Yayifana nje nelitye
apho umlambo utsala khona ukumbombozela!
Kodwa ngaphakathi kum, kwezi veki
kwentwasahlobo, kukho into evule kancinci
uphuma kulonyaka umnyama ungekho zingqondweni.
Into ibuncamile ubomi bam obushushu
esandleni somntu ongaziyo
ukuba bendikhona izolo.
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Entrada
Nokuba ungubani: ukuphuma kwelanga kuphume
yegumbi lakho, apho wazi yonke into;
mgama yindlu yakho
njengokuphela: nokuba ungubani.
Njengamehlo akho kunzima, udiniwe,
ukusuka kumda ophelileyo abanokuwususa,
uchola umthi omnyama kancinci
Ukubeka phambi kwezulu: slim, yedwa.
Kwaye nguwe owenza umhlaba. Kwaye inkulu, kwaye iyafana
igama elithe cwaka liyakhula.
Kwaye ngokwemfuno yakho, qonda intsingiselo yayo
Amehlo akho akhululekile ...
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I-Panther
Amehlo akhe adiniwe kukubukela okungaka
loo miqobo phambi kwakhe, ngokungapheliyo,
akukho nto inokungena kuyo.
Kubonakala kuye ukuba kukho amawaka nje emivalo
kwaye ngasemva kwabo akukho hlabathi.
Njengoko eqhubeka nokuzoba kaninzi
izangqa ezimxinwa ngeenyawo zazo,
ukuhamba kobuqhetseba nemilenze egudileyo
ibonisa umdaniso onengxolo,
ujikeleze iziko apho athe qwa khona
umyolelo obalulekileyo.
Kuphela ngamanye amaxesha, vumela ukuthula, ukuvula
yamakhethini awayefihla abafundi bakhe;
kwaye uwele umfanekiso ngaphakathi,
Isilayidi ngokusebenzisa izihlunu ezixineneyo
Iwela entliziyweni yakhe, iyaphela kwaye iyafa.
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Ingoma Yothando
Uwubambe njani umphefumlo wam
ayichukumisi eyakho?
Ndingayiphakamisa njani
nezinye izinto, ngawe?
Ndingathanda ukuyikhusela phantsi kwayo nayiphi na into elahlekileyo,
kwikona engaqhelekanga kwaye cwaka
apho ukungcangcazela kwakho kungakwazanga ukusasazeka.
Kodwa yonke into esiyichukumisayo, mna nawe,
usimanya, njengokubetha isaphetha,
ukuba ilizwi elinye liqala kwimitya emibini.
Sisiphi isixhobo abasicinezele ngaso?
Kwaye sisiphi isandla esibethayo esenza eso sandi?