UGiacomo Leopardi wayengumlobi wase-Italiya ngubani wazalwa ngomhla onje namhlanje e Recanati, ngo 1798. Wayekwangumbhali wezincoko kwaye emsebenzini wakhe ngokubanzi unetoni ezothando kunye nolusu ngexesha awayephila ngalo. Ukusuka kusapho oluhloniphekileyo, wakhula engqongqo kakhulu, kodwa ithala elikhulu likayise lamvumela ukuba afumane ulwazi kunye nenkcubeko. Izihloko zakhe zibandakanya Ezantsi kwesikhumbuzo sikaDante okanye zabo I-Cantos. Oku ku ukhetho kubo.
Giacomo Leopardi - Iingoma
ICanto XII
Bendihlala ndiyithanda le nduli
kunye nocingo olundithintela ekuboneni
ngaphaya kwesiphelo.
Ukujonga kude kwiindawo ezingenamda,
ukuthula okungaphezulu kobuntu kunye nokuzola kwabo okunzulu,
Ndifumana iingcinga zam
kwaye intliziyo yam ayoyiki.
Ndiva impempe yomoya emasimini,
ndathi phakathi cwaka okungenasiphelo ndaliphuthaphutha ilizwi lam.
Ukundithobela ngonaphakade, amaxesha afileyo,
inyani yangoku kunye nazo zonke izandi zayo.
Yiyo ke loo nto, ngokobuninzi bam ingcinga ndiyarhaxwa:
kwaye ndophuke kamnandi kolwandle.
ICanto XIV
Hayi wena, inyanga ehlekisayo, ndikhumbula kakuhle
ukuba kule nduli, ngoku kunyaka ophelileyo,
Ndize kukucinga ngosizi:
kwaye uphakame ngaphezulu kwelo hlathi
njengangoku, ukuba ukhanyise yonke into.
Ukungcangcazela ngakumbi kwaye kugutyungelwe kukulila
ekhuphe ngaphandle kweenkophe zam, ubuso bakho
wazinikela emehlweni am, ngenxa yokubandezeleka
ibibubomi bam, kwaye isenjalo nangoku, ayitshintshi,
oh sithandwa sam senyanga. Kwaye ndisavuya
ukukhumbula kunye nokuhlaziya ixesha
yentlungu yam. Owu luyolo
kubutsha, xa lide kakhulu
ithemba kunye nenkumbulo imfutshane,
ukukhumbula izinto ezidlulileyo,
Ndibuhlungu, kwaye nokuba ukudinwa kuyaqhubeka!
ICanto XXVIII
Uya kuphumla ngonaphakade
intliziyo ediniweyo! Ukhohlisiwe wafa
loo nto ingunaphakade ndiyicingile. Wafa. Kwaye ndiyalumkisa
ukuba kum, yokukhohlisa okukhohlisayo
Ngethemba, kwanomnqweno uye wafa.
Ukuphumla ngonaphakade;
kwanele ukubetha. Akukho nto
kufanelekile ukubetha kwentliziyo yakho; nomhlaba
lifanelwe kukuncwina: ukulangazelela nokudinwa
Ubomi, akusekho, kwaye ndiludaka umhlaba.
Zolile, kwaye uphelelwe lithemba
ixesha lokugqibela: kugqatso lwethu Ikamva
wanika kuphela ukufa. Ke ngoko, unekratshi,
budela ubukho bakho nendalo
kwaye amandla ahlala
ukuba imowudi efihliweyo
ngaphezulu kokonakaliswa kwendalo iphela,
Amampunge awo onke.
ICanto XXXV
Kude kwisebe lakhe,
ibhokisi enobuthathaka,
uyaphi? Ukusuka kwi-beech
apho ndizalelwe khona, umoya unditshabalalise.
Yena, ebuya, ebaleka
ukusuka ehlathini ukuya emaphandleni,
ukusuka entlanjeni ukuya entabeni andikhokele.
Naye, ngonaphakade,
Ndiya kuhambo lokundwendwela, kwaye abanye andazi.
Ndiya apho yonke into iya khona
apho ngokwendalo
Igqabi lentyatyambo liyahamba
kunye negqabi le-bay.
ICanto XXXVI
Xa ndize nkwenkwe
ukungena kuqeqesho kunye neMuses.
Omnye wabo wandibamba ngesandla
nangalo mhla
Ujikeleze wandikhokelela
ukubona iofisi yakho.
Undibonise nganye nganye
izinto zobugcisa,
kunye nenkonzo eyahlukileyo
ukuba ngamnye kubo
isetyenziswa emsebenzini
iprozi kunye nevesi.
Ndamjonga, ndathi:
"Musa, kunye nekalika?" Kwaye uthixokazi waphendula wathi:
«Ikalika iyachithwa; asisayisebenzisi.
Kwaye mna: «Kodwa yenze kwakhona
ichanekile, kuba iyimfuneko ».
Kwaye waphendula: "Unyanisile, kodwa ixesha lilahlekile."
ICanto XXXVIII
Apha, ujikeleza umbundu,
ndibongoza imvula noqhwithela ngelize,
ukuze ndiyigcine kwindawo yokuhlala yam.
Inkanyamba yayihlasela ehlathini
zaduduma ngamafu,
Ngaphambi kokusa kwakhanyisa isibhakabhaka
Owu amafu athandekayo, isibhakabhaka, umhlaba, izityalo!
Inxalenye yothando lwam: inceba, ewe kweli hlabathi
Inceba ikhona kwisithandwa esibuhlungu.
Vuka, moya ovuthuzayo, kwaye uzame ngoku
ukundisonga, oh isiphithiphithi, ukuza kuthi ga ngoku
Ngamana ilanga lingaluhlaziya usuku kwelinye ilizwe!
Isibhakabhaka siyacoca, umoya uyekile, balala
amagqabi kunye nengca, kwaye, zaqaqamba,
ilanga eliluhlaza ligcwalisa amehlo am ngeenyembezi.