Alfonso Reyes wayeyimbongi nombhali owathi wasweleka ngolu suku ngo-1959 kwisiXeko saseMexico ngenxa yemeko yentliziyo. Wonyulwa izihlandlo ezihlanu kwiBhaso leNobel kuLuncwadi kwaye waphumelela Uncwadi lweSizwe eMexico ngowe-1945, kodwa wayenxulumana ngokusondeleyo neSpeyin. Sikhumbula okanye sifumanisa umzobo wakhe ngale mibongo ikhethwe kumsebenzi wakhe.
Alfonso Reyes
Funda Ekunene kwaye ngo-1909 waseka i IAthenaeum yolutsha kunye nabanye ababhali abafana noPedro Henríquez Ureña, Antonio Caso kunye noJosé Vasconcelos Calderón. Wapapasha incwadi yakhe yokuqala, imiba yobuhle, xa ndandineminyaka engama-21 ubudala. Inguquko yaseMexico yaba yinguquko eyakhokelela ekubeni eze eSpeyin, apho wahlala khona de kwangowe-1924. Imagazini yeSpanish Philology, la Imagazini yaseNtshona kunye Khangela i-Hispanics. Apha wazinikela kuncwadi waza waludibanisa nalo ubuntatheli. Kwakhona wasebenza kwiziko leZifundo zeMbali yaseMadrid phantsi kolawulo lukaRamón Menéndez Pidal.
Imisebenzi yakhe ibandakanya Iincwadi zemibongo, ukugxeka, izincoko kunye neembali kunye neenoveli.
Alfonso Reyes — Imibongo
La Habana
AsiyoCuba, apho ulwandle luwunyibilikisa umphefumlo.
Ayisiyo iCuba-engazange ibonwe nguGaugin,
ukuba uPicasso akazange akubone,
Apho abantu abantsundu babenxibe umthubi kunye necherry
Bajikeleza i-boardwalk, phakathi kwezibane ezibini,
kunye namehlo oyiswayo
Abasazifihli iingcinga zabo.
Ayisiyo iCuba - lowo weva uStravisnsky
Lungiselela izandi zeemarimba kunye ne-güiros
Kumngcwabo kaPapa Montero,
Ñañigo ngenduku kunye ne-rumbero scoundrel.
Ayisiyo Cuba - apho iYankee yobukoloniyali
Uziphilisa kubushushu obutshisayo ngokurhabula “i-slushies”
Impepho yempepho, kwiiteresi zaselumelwaneni;
Apho amapolisa abulala iintsholongwane
Ukulunywa kweengcongconi zakutsha nje
Basancwina ngeSpanish.
AsiyoCuba – apho ulwandle luselubala
Ukuze ixhoba leMaine lingalahleki,
Kunye nekontraka yenguqu
Idayisa umoya wemva kwemini ube mhlophe,
Ukubhuqa, ngoncumo lwegqala,
Ukusuka kwisitulo sakho esinyakazelayo, ivumba elimnandi
Yeekhokhonathi zamasiko kunye neemango.
Usongelo lwentyatyambo
Intyatyambo yepoppy:
ndikhohlise ungandithandi.
Uligqithisa kangakanani ivumba,
ugqithise kangakanani ukugungxula kwakho,
intyatyambo oyipeyintayo izangqa ezimnyama
kwaye uwukhuphele elangeni umphefumlo wakho!
Intyatyambo yepoppy.
Omnye wayefana nawe
ekuhlazekeni enilukuhla ngako;
kwaye ngenxa yokuba wayenayo,
njengawe, i-eyelashes emnyama.
Intyatyambo yepoppy.
Omnye wayefana nawe...
Kwaye ndiyangcangcazela xa ndibona
isandla sakho usibeke kum.
Ukungcangcazela kusenokungasi ngeny’ imini
xa ungumfazi!
Ngokuqhelekileyo
Ngamanye amaxesha, yenziwe nto,
i-effluvium iphuma emhlabeni.
Ngequbuliso, kwathi cwaka,
Umsedare uyancwina;
Sinjani thina obhityileyo?
ukuchithwa kwemfihlo,
kamsinya nje umphefumlo uphuma
Kumpompoza umthombo wephupha.
Enjani yona intlungu yonqena
isizathu xa, ekuthuleni,
enye efana nelanga
Iyandihlisa, kwinkumbulo yakho!
Njengokuba injikalanga isiya kutshona, abahlobo bayasondela
Njengoko injikalanga yemini, abahlobo bayasondela;
kodwa ilizwi elincinci aliyeki ukukhala.
Sivala iifestile, iingcango, izivalo,
kodwa ithontsi lokuzisola liyaqhubeka ukuhla.
Asazi ukuba ilizwi elincinane livela phi;
Sagqogqa ifama, isitali, ingca.
Intsimi ilala kubushushu belanga elithambileyo;
kodwa ilizwi elincinci aliyeki ukukhala.
-Ivili le-ferris elitswinayo! -thetha ezona zibukhali-.
Kodwa akukho mavili e-ferris apha! Enjani yona into ekhethekileyo!
Bajongana bemangalisiwe, bathi cwaka
kuba ilizwi elincinci aliyeki ukukhala.
Ibiyintsini ngoku frank dismay.
kwaye ukungonwabi okungacacanga kuthatha wonke umntu,
kwaye wonke umntu uthi ndlela-ntle kwaye abaleke ngokukhawuleza,
kuba ilizwi elincinci aliyeki ukukhala.
Xa ubusuku bufika, isibhakabhaka sele sikhala
kwaneenkuni eziko zenza ngathi ziyalila.
Sisodwa, ngaphandle kokuthetha nomnye, sikhala ngokuvakalayo,
kodwa ilizwi elincinci aliyeki ukukhala.
Namhlanje sivile ngembongi
Namhlanje sivile ngembongi:
Phakathi kokukhala kwamalungu omlomo
Kwaye ukuxhoma iingalo zeenkwenkwezi zokugqibela,
Wamisa ihashe lakhe.
Inkampu yabasetyhini yaqhwaba izandla,
Ukunxiba iitortilla zombona.
Amantombazana aluma izikhondo zeentyatyambo,
Kwaye abantu abadala batywina ubuhlobo beenyembezi
Phakathi kweminikelo yokusa enzulu.
Bathwala izitya zamanzi;
Kwaye umphathi wayelungiselela
Ukuba bahlambe izifuba zabo, iintloko zabo neendevu zabo.
Ababumbi Babafazi Abasixhenxe
Besele bephulula iijagi zimanzi.
Abantwana belizwe abangenzi nto
Balayita iisiga ezinde njengeenduku.
Kwaye kusasa umbingelelo.
Iimvana kubo bonke
Bajijela ngeepiki
Ekukhanyeni kwezigodo ezivumbayo.
Namhlanje sivile kwimbongi,
Kaloku wayelele ekhwele ihashe.
Wathi bathwele uThixo ngeempondo zabo
Kwaye ubusuku bunee roses zeasidi
Kwiikhaphethi zamagumbi amabini obumnyama.
Ubumelwane bolwandle bubhangisiwe
Ubumelwane bolwandle bubhangisiwe:
Kwanele ukwazi ukuba banemihlana yethu,
Ukuba kukho ifestile enkulu kunye eluhlaza
Indawo yokuqubha.