UGertrudis Gómez de Avellaneda wazalwa e Camaguey, Cuba, ngosuku olufana nanamhlanje ngo-1814. Kwiminyaka engama-22 weza eYurophu nosapho lwakhe apho wayehlala khona kuqala EFransi. Emva kwexesha beza España, apho waqala ukupapasha phantsi kwegama elinguLa Peregrina. EMadrid wapapasha incwadi yakhe yokuqala, Imibongo, kwaye wayenobomi obuxakeke kakhulu. Imisebenzi emininzi yayikho IBaroness de Joux, Umnikelo kaMtyholi o I-aura emhlophe. Kwimemori yakhe le ngu Ukukhetha iisonethi ekhethiweyo.
UGertrudis Gómez de Avellaneda - iisonethi
Ekungqiba
Pearl yolwandle! Inkwenkwezi yeNtshona!
ICuba entle! Isibhakabhaka sakho esikhanyayo
ubusuku buquma ngesigqubuthelo sayo esibonakalayo,
indlela iintlungu ezigquma ngayo ibunzi lam elibuhlungu.
Ndiyahamba!… Ihlokondiba elikhutheleyo,
ukundiqhawula kumhlaba wemveli
iiseyile ziphakamisa, kwaye zilungele ukuvuka
impepho ivela kwindawo yakho etshayo.
Ndlela entle, lizwe elimnandi, othandekayo u-Eden!
Naphi na apho isiphelo somsindo wakhe undiqhubela khona,
igama lakho elimnandi liya kubabaza indlebe yam!
Sala kakuhle! ... Ikhandlela le-turgid sele liyakhwaza ...
iankile inyuka ... inqanawa, ishukunyisiwe,
Amaza amafutshane kunye neempukane ezithuleyo.
Kwiinkwenkwezi
Cwaka kulawula: kukhanya kuzo zombini
Izibane zoxolo, iinkwenkwezi ezihlambulukileyo,
Ngobusuku obonwabileyo izibane ezintle,
Wayambesa ngeengubo zakhe ezilusizi ngegolide.
Ukonwaba kuyalala, kodwa ukwaphuka kwam kujongile,
Kwaye izikhalazo zam ziyaphula inzolo,
Ukubuyisa i-echo, ngokudibana nabo,
Kwiintaka zasebusuku ingoma eyingozi.
Iinkwenkwezi ezinokukhanya okuthobekileyo nokumsulwa
Kulwandle oluphinda kabini isibuko esiluhlaza!
Ukuba ushukunyiswa bubukrakra
Ngentlungu ebukhali endikhalaza ngayo,
Indlela yokukhanyisa ubusuku bam obumnyama
Awunaye yeha! ayisiyimbonakalo emthubi?
Elangeni ngosuku lwangoDisemba
Ulawula ezulwini. Langa, lawula, uvuthe
Ngomphefumlo wakho nditshisa isifuba sam esidiniweyo!
ngaphandle kokukhanya, ngaphandle kweveve, ucinezelwe, umncinci,
Ilitha lilangazelela ilangatye lakho elivuthayo.
Ngempembelelo yakho eyonwabileyo ingca iyantshula;
umkhenkce uwa kwimitha yakho engekenziwa:
Phuma ebusika bunzima nangona,
Kumkani wesigcawu, lilanga: ilizwi lam liyakubiza!
Ukusuka kumabala olonwabo ebhedini yam
ufumene kwimitha yakho ubuncwane,
ithamsanqa lindisusa ngonaphakade:
phantsi kwesinye isibhakabhaka, kwelinye ilizwe ndiyakhala,
apho inkungu indongamele khona ...
Phuma uyophule, ilanga, ndiyakucenga!
Umnqweno wokuziphindezela
Ngomoya ovuthuzayo womoya,
krwada njengentlungu endishukumisayo!
Yiza, kunye neyakho ingqumbo yam!
Yiza nomoya wakho ukuze uvuthe ingqondo yam!
Vumela umbane uphume kwaye uqhume,
ngelixa -eligqabi elomileyo okanye intyatyambo ebunileyo-
ukubetha kwakho ngokuqinileyo kum-oki kugqabhuka.
yaphukile yaza yaqhekeka yangumsinga ogqumayo!
Ngomphefumlo ongena kunye nawe,
Umona wakho amandla otshabalalisayo,
iphosa kunye ukudideka okungaqhelekanga.
Yiza ... kwintlungu emdlayo
Wenze umsindo wakho,
nesikhalo esomileyo esikhalela ubugwala!
Ukuthuthunjiswa kothando
Unoyolo ngubani osecaleni kwakho oncwina ngenxa yakho,
ngubani ova isandi selizwi lakho elinomsindo,
ngubani othanda ukuhleka kwakho
Kwaye ivumba elimnandi lokuphefumla kwakho liphefumla!
I-Ventura kakhulu, indlela ayithandayo ngayo
ikerubhi * eyahlala e-Empiriyre,
umphefumlo ukhathazekile, intliziyo iyadla,
kunye nokuqaqanjelwa sisandi, xa usivakalisa, siyaphelelwa.
Phambi kwamehlo am ihlabathi liyanyamalala
kwaye ngemithambo yam isetyhula ekhanyayo
Ndiva umlilo wothando olunzulu.
Kukhulu, ndifuna ukukuchasa ngelize.
Ndizidontsa isidlele ngeenyembezi ezivuthayo.
Delirium, uvuyo, ndiyakusikelela kwaye ndiyafa!
Okubi kwam
Ukuzixhalabisa ngelize ubuhlobo bakho bufuna
Thelekelela ububi obundingcungcuthekisayo;
Ngelize, umhlobo wam, washukuma, uyazama
Ndityhile ngelizwi lakho kwinceba yakho.
Umnqweno, impambano inokuchazwa
ngalo uthando luthelela imililo yalo ...
Ngamana intlungu, umsindo onobundlobongela,
khupha ngomlomo wakhe ubukrakra ...
Ngaphandle kokuthetha ukungonwabi kwam okunzulu,
akafumani lizwi lam, ingcinga yam, phakathi,
kwaye xa ndiphanda ngemvelaphi yayo ndiyabhideka:
bububi obukhulu obo, abunakupheliswa.
eyenza ubomi bube nenzondo, umhlaba ube nenzondo,
eyomisa intliziyo ... Nokuba kunjalo, kukukruquka!