UJuan Gelman Wazalwa ngosuku olufana nanamhlanje ngo-1930 eBuenos Aires. Wagqiba ukuhlala elubhacweni eMexico, emveni kokushiya iArgentina xa kwasekwa ulawulo lobuzwilakhe emkhosini. Waqala ukubhala imibongo esengumntwana. Emva kwexesha uphume kwiKhemistry ukuze azinikele ngokupheleleyo ekubhaleni. Uphumelele amabhaso aliqela yemibongo, evela kuNacional eArgentina, uJuan Rulfo, okanye uRamón López Velarde Ibero-American Poetry Prize. Kwaye ngo-2007 wawongwa Umvuzo weCervantes. Kwimemori yakhe, le ngu ukhetho kweminye yemibongo yakhe.
UJuan Gelman - Imibongo ekhethiweyo
Omnye unokuvuma
xa uchithe ixesha lakho ekwindla
Ngamana ngefestile yam
kwaye wenze imiqondiso ngokukhanya
amagqabi okugqibela
Yintoni obufuna ukundixelela yona may?
Kutheni le nto wawukhathazekile okanye ubumnandi kobuhlungu bakho?
Andizange ndiyazi kodwa rhoqo
Kwakukho indoda eyedwa phakathi kwegolide yesitrato
kodwa ndandingulomntwana
emva kwefestile
xa uchitha
njengokufihla amehlo am
kwaye indoda yayiya kuba ndim
Ngoku ndiyakhumbula
Umfazi nendoda bathabatheka bubomi ...
Umfazi kunye nendoda bathathwe ngobomi,
umfazi nendoda ubuso ngobuso
Balala ebusuku, bayaphuphuma ezandleni zabo.
zinokuviwa zize simahla emthunzini,
iintloko zabo baphumla ebuntwaneni obuhle
ukuba zadalwa kunye, zizele lilanga, ukukhanya,
umfazi nendoda ebotshelelwe yimilebe yabo
gcwalisa ubusuku obucothayo ngememori yabo yonke,
umfazi nendoda entle ngakumbi kwenye
zithatha indawo yazo emhlabeni.
Epitaph
Intaka yayihlala kum.
Intyatyambo ihamba egazini lam.
Intliziyo yam yayiyivayolini.
Ndandifuna okanye andizange. Kodwa ngamanye amaxesha
babendithanda. Nam
bandonwabisile: intwasahlobo,
izandla zihlangene, wonwabe kangakanani.
Ndithi umntu kufuneka abe!
Nantsi intaka ilele.
Intyatyambo.
Ivayolini.
bazi
Lo mbongo udada ngumoya ukhanye.
Akamazi ukuba ungubani na
oko kumrhuqa apha, phi
uya kufa
phandle nezilwanyana.
Ndingathanda ukuqonda izilwanyana
ukuqonda isilwanyana sam. Inkqubo ye-
Ngokwenyani ikwenza uncwine ngokuphefumla kwezilwanyana.
Luluphi ubabalo oluphumelele emphefumlweni wakho?
Akukho nanye engalahlekanga.
Ukurhanela kuyaqhekeka ngaphantsi kwethambile.
Kule zandla.
Ucango
Ndavula ucango / sithandwa sam
phakamisa / vula umnyango
Umphefumlo wam unamathele enkalakahleni yam
zingcangcazela kukothuka
Ingqolowa yasendle yandinyathela
Iesile lasendle landileqa
ezinzulwini zobusuku ekuthinjweni
Ndisisilo nam
Ukungabikho kothando
Kuza kuba njani I wonder.
Kuza kuba njani ukuchukumisa ecaleni kwam.
Ndiphambene emoyeni
ukuba ndihamba ndingahambi.
Kuza kuba njani ukungqengqa
kwilizwe lakho lamabele kude kangaka.
Ndihamba ukusuka kuKristu ohluphekileyo ukuya kwinkumbulo yakho
ubethelelwe, wabuyiselwa.
Kuya kuba njalo.
Mhlawumbi umzimba wam uya kuqhuma yonke into endiyithembileyo.
Emva koko uzakunditya kamnandi
iqhekeza ngeqhekeza.
Ndiza kuba yile nto bendifanele ukuyenza.
Unyawo lwakho. Isandla sakho.
Iifektri zothando
Kwaye ndakha ubuso bakho.
Ngokwahlulahlula uthando, ndakha ubuso bakho
kwiinkundla ezikude zobuntwana.
Bricklayer ngeentloni,
Ndazifihla kwihlabathi ukukrola umfanekiso wakho,
ukunika ilizwi,
ukubeka ubumnandi ematheni akho.
Kukangaphi ndingcangcazela
kancinci kugutyungelwe kukukhanya kwehlobo
Njengoko ndakuchaza ngegazi lam
Ococekileyo wam,
wenziwe zizitishi ezingaphi
kwaye ubabalo lwakho luyehla ngokungathi zingaphi iingokuhlwa.
Zingaphi iintsuku zam eziqulunqwe zizandla zakho?
Leliphi inani elingenasiphelo lokumanga ngokuchasene nesizungu
Zitshonise eluthulini iinyawo zakho.
Ndikukhaphe, ndikucengceleza ezindleleni,
Ndawabhala onke amagama akho ezantsi kwesithunzi sam,
Ndikwenzele indawo ebhedini yam
Ndakuthanda, ukuvuka okungabonakaliyo, ubusuku nobusuku.
Yile ndlela bacula ngayo.
Iminyaka neminyaka bendisebenza ukukwenzela
ngaphambi kokuva isandi esinye emphefumlweni wakho.
Phakamisa iingalo zakho ...
Nyusa iingalo zakho
bayabuvalela ubusuku,
yikhulule kunxano lwam,
igubu, igubu, umlilo wam.
Ngamana ubusuku busigubungele ngentsimbi,
oko kuvakala kamnandi kwisibetho ngasinye sothando.
Ndingcwabe isithunzi, ndihlambe ngothuthu,
Ndimbambe kwintlungu, coca umoya:
Ndifuna ukukuthanda simahla.
Utshabalalisa umhlaba ukuze kwenzeke oku,
Uqala umhlaba ukuba oku kwenzeke.