UJosefina Manresa Marhuenda, owayengumfazi wembongi UMiguel HernandezWafa e-Elche (Alicante) ngoFebruwari 18, 1987, eneminyaka engama-71 ngenxa yomhlaza webele. UJosefina wayengumfazi owakhuthaza incwadi yemibongo kaMiguel Hernández Umbane ongapheliyo, ngokoluvo lwam nangokwezininzi, enye yeencwadi eziphambili kwimibongo yaseSpain. Ukongeza, ikwakhuthaze neminye imibongo yothando entle.
UJosefina emva kokubulawa kabuhlungu kukaMiguel Hernandez ngo-1942 ijonge ukusasazwa komsebenzi womyeni wakhe. Nangona kunjalo, ulwazi oluninzi malunga nobomi beli nenekazi lalihlala emfazweni kwaye kwiminyaka emininzi kamva, lafumana indlala, layithanda imbongi de lathabatheka sesi sifo. Xa wayesentolongweni, umfazi wakhe uJosefina Manresa wamthumelela ileta apho wakhankanya ukuba banesonka kunye netswele ukuba batye, imeko eyakhuthaza imbongi kwaye yaqamba Iinanasi zetswele, ezona zilumko zibuhlungu kuncwadi lweSpanish.
Kwiinyanga ezimbini ezinesiqingatha emva kokusweleka komnye unyana wakhe, UManolillo wazalwa. UJosefina wamthumelela ifoto yomncinci owayesandula ukuzalwa kwaye utata waphawula ngeleta: phambi kwamakhethini nangaphezulu kwecatafalque ahleli kuyo. Oko kuhleka yinkampani yam ebalaseleyo apha kwaye kokukhona ndiyijonga kokukhona ndifumana ukuba iyafana neyakho. Kwaye amehlo, amashiya kunye nobuso bonke. Lo nyana wethu, ongafanele ukuba utyhafe kwaye uthembele kobu bomi, ungowakho ngaphezu kwam. Omnye wayengowam ngakumbi ... »
Ubunzima awafumana kubo xa wayevalelwe kwabangela ukuba lo mbongo u Iinanasi zetswele. Wamazisa ngemeko yakhe ebuhlungu kunye noMiguel, ochaphazeleke kakhulu ziindaba, kwaye uMiguel wathi oku kulandelayo: «Ezi ntsuku ndizichithile ndicinga ngemeko yakho, usuku ngalunye lunzima ngakumbi. Ivumba letswele olityayo lifikelela apha kum, kwaye umntwana wam uya kuba nomsindo xa emunca kwaye afumane ijusi yetswele endaweni yobisi. Ukuthuthuzela kwakho, ndikuthumela ezo zibhanxa endizenzileyo, kuba awukho omnye umsebenzi endinokuwenza ngaphandle kokubhalela okanye ukuphelelwa lithemba… ».
Itswele yingqele
ivaliwe kwaye ihlwempu.
Iqabaka yemihla yakho
nobusuku bam.
Indlala kunye netswele,
Umkhenkce omnyama kunye neqabaka
inkulu kwaye ijikeleze.
Kwindlala
umntwana wam wayenjalo.
Ngegazi itswele
Uncanciswe.
Kodwa igazi lakho
iqabaka ngeswekile,
itswele nendlala.
Umfazi o-brunette
isonjululwe enyangeni
umsonto ngomsonto uchithekile
ngaphaya kwebhedi.
Hleka, mntwana
ukuba ndikuphathele inyanga
xa kuyimfuneko.
Lark yendlu yam,
hleka kakhulu.
Kukuhleka kwakho emehlweni akho
ukukhanya kwehlabathi.
Hleka kakhulu
Umphefumlo wam ukukuva
shaya indawo.
Ukuhleka kwakho kuyandikhulula
indinika amaphiko.
Ubushushu buyandisusa,
ijele liyandithatha.
Umlomo ophaphazelayo,
Intliziyo ukuba imilebe yakho
kudanyaza.
Ukuhleka kwakho likrele
uloyiso,
ophumeleleyo weentyatyambo
kunye neelark
Ukuchasana nelanga.
Ikamva lamathambo am
nothando lwam.
Inyama ephaphazelayo
ijwabu leso,
Ndiphila ngendlela engazange ibekho ngaphambili
umbala.
Yimalini igolide
ihamba, i-flutters,
emzimbeni wakho!
Ndavuka ndisengumntwana:
ungaze uvuke.
Ndibuhlungu ndinomlomo wam:
soloko uhleka.
Soloko ebhedini,
ukukhusela ukuhleka
usiba ngosiba.
Ukubhabha okuphezulu kangaka,
ixhaphake kakhulu,
ukuba inyama yakho izulu
usana olusandul 'ukuzalwa.
Ukuba ndinga
buyela kwimvelaphi
yomsebenzi wakho!
Ngenyanga yesibhozo uyahleka
iintyatyambo ezintlanu ziorenji.
Ezintlanu zincinci
Ubundlobongela.
Ngamazinyo amahlanu
njengejasmine ezintlanu
abakwishumi elivisayo.
Umda we-kisses
izakuba ngomso,
xa emazinyweni
uve isixhobo.
Yiva umlilo
kuhla amazinyo
ujonge iziko.
Bhabha umntwana ophindwe kabini
inyanga yesifuba:
yena, ulusizi ngetswele,
wanelisekile.
Musa ukwahlukana.
Awazi ukuba kwenzekani okanye
kwenzekani.