UGiorgos Seferis Wayeyimbongi yamaGrike, umbhali wezincoko, unozakuzaku kunye nomguquleli wazalwa ngomhla onje namhlanje ukususela ngo-1900 ukuya phambili ISmirna. Wayengumbhali wokuqala ongumGrike ukuphumelela ibhaso Izincwadi zeNobel ukuba bamnika ngo-1963. Kwinkumbulo yakhe ihamba oku Ukukhetha imibongo ekhethiweyo.
UGiorgos Seferis
UGiorgios Stylianou Seferiadis, owaziwa ngokuba nguGiorgos Seferis, wazalelwa eIzmir, emva koko yaseGrisi ngoku eyiTurkey, ngoMatshi 13, 1900. Wayeyimbongi, umbhali wezincoko nonozakuzaku. Wazuza njengelifa incasa yakhe yoncwadi kuyise kwaye waqala ukubhala imibongo esemncinane kakhulu. Omnye wemithombo yakhe ephambili yokuphefumlelwa yayiyi I-Odisea kaHomer.
Ngowe-1925 wangena Imibutho yezozakuzo apho wenza umsebenzi omde ngezikhundla eNgilani naseAlbania. Ngexesha leMfazwe Yehlabathi II wayehlala elubhacweni. Ukongezelela ekuphumeleleni iBhaso likaNobel ngowe-1963, waye ugqirha imbeko causa kwiidyunivesithi ze Cambridge, Oxford, salonika y Princeton.
Imibongo ekhethiweyo
IRyme
Imilebe, abagcini bothando lwam olwaluphela
izandla, amaqhina obutsha bam awayetyibilika
umbala wobuso obulahlekileyo kwenye indawo kwindalo
imithi… iintaka… umdlalo…
Umzimba, umdiliya omnyama welanga elivuthayo
umzimba, isitya sobutyebi bam, uyaphi?
Lifikile ixesha lokuba kurhatyele
kwaye ukudinwa kundoyisa ngokusukela ubumnyama...
(Ubomi bethu buyancipha yonke imihla.)
Ndiyarhalela
Akukho mbala, akukho mzimba
olu thando lubhadulayo
uthe saa, ugcwele,
kwakhona kwaye kwakhona uthe saa,
throbs nangona
ekulunyweni kweapile,
ekusikeni komkhiwane;
kwi cherry e maroon,
kwiinkozo zesipha.
I-Aphrodite eninzi yasasazeka emoyeni
uya kunxanwa, ube luthuthu
komnye umlomo komnye umlomo
akukho mbala, akukho mzimba.
ibhalansi
Ndihambile, ndidiniwe ndibhale kancinci
kodwa ndacinga kakhulu ngokubuya, iminyaka engamashumi amane.
Umntu kuyo yonke iminyaka ngumntwana:
ububele kunye nobuhlungu besisu;
abanye ke banqandwa lulwandle, njengonxweme;
ukwanga kwethu kunye ne-echo yelizwi lethu.
igqabi lepoplar
Wangcangcazela kakhulu kangangokuba waphephethwa ngumoya
wangcangcazela kakhulu ukuba umoya awuzukumthatha
kude lee
ulwandle
kude lee
isiqithi elangeni
nezandla zibambelele emaphini okubheqa
esifa phambi kwezibuko
kunye namehlo avaliweyo kwi-anemones yolwandle.
Bendingcangcazela kakhulu
Ndiye ndamfuna kakhulu
kumjelo wemithi ye-eucalyptus
entwasahlobo nasekwindla
kuwo onke amahlathi angenanto
Yekani ukumfuna, Thixo wam.
Ukungabi naso
Ukuphelisa unxano lwabo imilebe yakho yazabalaza
ekukhangeleni idlelo elitsha elinkcenkceshelwayo le-Eurotas
wena uphalala emva kwengwevu yakho, azafika kuwe;
kwaye umbilo uyabila kwiincam zamabele akho.
Istanza
Ngoko nangoko, vela esandleni
ukuba ndandikuthanda kakhulu,
wandinika indawo enqabileyo ngongcwalazi;
njengehobe elimnyama.
Yilungise indlela phambi kwam,
inkungu efihlakeleyo yephupha
ngorhatya lwesidlo esingcwele...
Ngoko nangoko, ukhozo lwesanti
wena ulilolo, wena ulwenzileyo konke
ihourglass ebuhlungu
sisimumu, njengoko emva kokubona iHydra
emyezweni wezulu.
Kancinci ngakumbi kwaye ilanga lizakuyeka...
Kancinci ngakumbi kwaye ilanga liya kuyeka.
imimoya yesifingo
bavuthela kumaqokobhe owomileyo;
kathathu intaka intaka kathathu iyodwa;
icilikishe elityeni elimhlophe
ime ngxi
ejonge ingca etshileyo
apho inyoka yatyibilika khona.
Iphiko elimnyama lilanda inotshi enzulu
phezulu kwigumbi eliluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka -
yijonge, izakuvuleka.
Iintlungu zoloyiso zabasebenzi.
Epigram
Ibala kuluhlaza owomileyo
ivesi ethule engenasiphelo,
iblade yefeni yehlobo
inqumle ubushushu obukhulu;
umbhinqo owawusele ezandleni zam
xa umnqweno uwelela kwelinye unxweme
Yile nto endinokukunika yona, iPerphone,
ndenzele inceba undinike ubuthongo beyure yonke.
Umthombo: Ilizwi eliphantsi