Horacio yenye ye ngaphezulu iimbongi ezinkulu zeroman. Iklasikhi phakathi kweklasikhi, Umhlobo kaVirgilio, Umsebenzi wawo waphuhliswa ngelona xesha lizukileyo lobukumkani. Namhlanje ubhubhele eRoma ngonyaka we-8 a. C. Ndikhumbula umfanekiso wakhe naye 5 yemibongo yakhe. Ubukhulu bakhe, i-carpe Diem, ishwankathela ngokugqibeleleyo inyani kwaye undoqo wobukho bomntu.
Horacio
Owesihlanu uHoracio Flaco wayenjalo unyana wekhoboka elikhululiweyo kwaye wakwazi ukufunda eRoma. Wamkelwa ngu Brute, Umbulali kaKesare, owamthiya ngegama umphathi-mkhosi yomkhosi wakhe. Kodwa yakhe ukungabi nampilo kweso sikhundla wambuyisela eRoma, apho aqala khona ukusebenza njenge ummeli olungisa izivumelwano, into emshiye nexesha lokubhala iivesi. Emva koko wadibana noVergilio, eyamazisa kwisangqa se Umxhasi waza ke yena wayizisa phambi komlawuli Augusto.
Umsebenzi wakhe
Inkcubeko isini ezine:
- IziboneleloIintsimbi ezothusayo zexesha lakhe zahlulwe zaziincwadi ezimbini kwaye zabhalwa kwiihemeter
- IifayileImibongo eli-17 yemixholo eyahlukeneyo nefuthe lamaGrike;
- Odes (UCarmina), kwii hexameters;
- Iincwadi. Phakathi kwezi zidumileyo I-Ars poetica.
Imibongo yakhe, ngakumbi i ukugqibelela kwifom, ithathwa njenge eyona ntetho iphakamileyo yoncwadi ngokulunga kwexesha lakhe.
5 imibongo
Carminum I, 11 - i-carpe Diem
Sukwenza ngathi uyazi, akuvumelekanga,
Isiphelo kum nakum, Leucónoe,
oothixo basinike,
okanye ujonge amanani eBhabhiloni.
Kuya kuba ngcono ukwamkela okuzayo,
ingaba baninzi ubusika kuneJupiter
akunike, okanye ube ngowokugqibela,
leyo ngoku yenza uLwandle lweTyrrhenian
Ukuqhekeka ngokuchasene namawa ajongene nawo.
Musa ukuphambana, coca iwayini zakho
kwaye uhlengahlengisa kwisithuba esifutshane sobomi bakho
ithemba elide.
Njengoko sithetha, ixesha lomona liyabaleka.
Phila ngale mini. Yibambe.
Musa ukuthembela ngengomso.
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Carminum I, 30 - Kwi venus
O Venus, ukumkanikazi waseGnidus nasePaphos,
shiya iSipro yakho oyithandayo
uye kwigumbi elimbejembeje
yeGlícera, lowo ukubiza
Ngempepho emininzi.
Yiza nawe Mntwana ovuthayo
kunye neempawu zobungakanani obuthotyiweyo;
iiNymphs kunye noLutsha beza,
ukuba ngaphandle kwakho akukho mntu utsalayo;
Yiza kwiMercury.
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ICarminum III, 25 - KuBacchus
Undithatha phi, Bacchus, uzele nguwe?
Ngawaphi amahlathi, yeyiphi emiqolombeni
Ngaba nditshayelwa yingqondo entsha?
Ndizokuviwa kweliphi ixhoba
Ukucamngca yazisa ngozuko olungunaphakade
kaKesare oqaqambileyo kwiinkwenkwezi nakwindibano
YeJupiter? Ndiza kuvuma yonke into entsha,
into engazange iculwe ngumlomo.
Ayikho enye ngaphandle kweBacchante yokulala
Wothukile ujonge phezulu kweHebro,
IThrace imhlophe ngekhephu
Kwaye iRhodope inyathelwe ngeenyawo zasemzini:
iyandonwabisa, ilahlekile,
uyayithanda imilambo kunye namahlathi angenabantu.
Owu nkosi enamandla yamaNayadi
kwaye ii-Bacchantes ezinakho ukubetha phantsi
imithi emide yothuthu ngezandla zakho!
Akukho nto incinci, okanye ngetoni ethobekileyo,
akukho nto ifayo eya kuba nemihlali ngabantu. Ingozi entle
Ngu-oh, Leneo, ukulandela uthixo obhinqa iitempile zakho
kunye nesebe eliluhlaza.
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Carminum I, 38 - Kwikhoboka lakhe
Ndiyayithiya, mfana, ubukhazikhazi basePersi.
Andizithandi ezo zithsaba
ephothiweyo ngamagqabi e-linden.
Yeka ukuleqa indawo
apho i-rose yasebusuku isatyatyamba.
Isisombululo, ndizama ukungadibanisi nantoni na
kwi-myrtle elula. Imimirtile
kukulungele ukuba undikhonze,
kwaye mna, ndisela ntoni
ezinyaweni zomdiliya onqabileyo.
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Carminum I, 23 - KuKloe
Uyandiphepha, Kloe njengamaxhama
ejonge iintaba eziphambukileyo
kunina owothukileyo, ngaphandle kwelize
uloyiko lomoya kunye namahlamvu.
Ukuba i-hawthorn ishiya i-flutter emoyeni,
ukuba amacilikishe aluhlaza ayabhatala
ubomi amabrambri, yiva uloyiko,
yagubha intliziyo yakhe, waguqa ngamadolo.
Ukanti andikuleqi
Njengehlosi elinengcwangu okanye ingonyama yeGetullus,
ukukrazula ube ziingceba. Ndifuna kuphela
uyeke ukulandela unyoko,
Ewe, umdala ngokwaneleyo ukuba ungalandela umyeni wakho.