UFeliks Lope de Vega (1562-1635) waye Enye yeembongi ezibaluleke kakhulu kunye nabadlali abadlalwayo beSpanish Age. Ndidibene nje Iminyaka engama-455 ukususela ekuzalweni kwakhe kwaye kufanelekile ukukhunjulwa kodwa, ngaphezu kwako konke, ukuyifunda.

Imisebenzi yakhe ayinakubalwa. Amakhulu aliqela ahlekisayo, i-3.000 sonnets kunye neenoveli ezintathu okanye ii-epics ezisithoba, phakathi kwezinye. UFuenteovejuna, uPeribáñez kunye nomphathi we-Ocaña, u Knight wase-Olmedo, Inenekazi elingento, ukohlwaywa ngaphandle kokuziphindezela, Inja esemkhumbini, ukukhankanya ezimbalwa, baya kuba ngabona babalaseleyo nabamelweyo.

U-Lope wayevela kusapho oluthobekileyo, kodwa Ubomi bakhe babuzele kukuzibaxa kunye neenkanuko. Abona bantu bahlala kakhulu babenjalo ukubhala kunye nabasetyhini. Wayetshatile kabini kwaye wayenabathandekayo abathandathu awabazala nabo wazala abantwana abalishumi elinesine. Usweleke e-1635 eneminyaka eyi-73 kwaye wangcwatywa kunye nayo yonke imbonakalo kunye nodumo olukhulu. Kodwa kunjalo ilifa lakhe kwezobugcisa alifi. Phila kwakhona ngalo lonke ixesha silifunda.

Imifanekiso

• Ukufuna akuyiyo ukhetho kuba kufuneka kube yingozi.
• Xa abantu abasokolayo bekhathazekile, kwaye besombulula, abayi kubuya ngaphandle kwegazi okanye ukuziphindezela.
• Andazi ukuba kukho amagama emhlabeni asebenzayo okanye izithethi ezinobuqili njengeenyembezi.
• Umona ngabantwana bothando, kodwa bangamabhastile, ndiyavuma.
• Ulwimi lwesiCastilian alufuni ukuba ukusuka emtshatweni ukuya ekudiniweni kuya kubakho ileta eyahlukileyo.
• Ingcambu yazo zonke iinkanuko luthando. Usizi, uvuyo, ukonwaba kunye nokuphelelwa lithemba kuzelwe kuye.
• Yintoni enye ebulala ukulinda ukulunga okufunekayo
  Ukunyamezela ububi osele unabo.
• Kuyanyanzeleka ukuba uthethe ne-vulgar ngendlela yobudenge yokubakholisa.
• Akukho magama ehlabathini asebenzayo okanye izithethi ezicikoceke njengeenyembezi.
• Ukuba izinto eziliwaka ezilungileyo zifundwa kumfazi olungileyo.
• UThixo andisindise kubutshaba babahlobo!
• Apho kukho uthando akukho nkosi, olo thando lilingana nayo yonke into.
• Ngomoya wam ithemba lam lahamba;
  ulwandle lwamxolela, izibuko lambulala.
• Imibongo kukupeyinta iindlebe, njengokuzoba umbongo wamehlo.
• Okona kubalulekileyo ayingomso, kodwa namhlanje. Namhlanje silapha, ngomso mhlawumbi, siya kuba singasekho.
• Ukuba akukho ndlela yokulibala uthando
  njengolunye uthando olutsha, okanye umhlaba phakathi.
• Okukhona iguga iwayini, kokukhona ishushu ngakumbi: ngokuchasene nendalo yethu, ukuba iphila ixesha elide, iyaphola.
• Kodwa ubomi bufutshane: ukuhlala, yonke into ilahlekile; ukufa, yonke into ishiyekile.
• Akukho lonwabo lungenazintlungu njengemida yalo; ukuba imini ibe yeyona nto intle kwaye imnandi, ubusuku obunabo ekugqibeleni.
• Andisazi isizathu sokungabi nasizathu sokuba isizathu sam sikhathaze.

Iindinyana

Iivesi zothando, iingcamango ezichithakeleyo,
ndizelwe ngumphefumlo kum,
ukuhanjiswa kweengqondo zam ezivuthayo,
uzalwe unentlungu ngaphezu kwenkululeko;

iziseko kwihlabathi, elahlekileyo,
Wophuke kakhulu wahamba kwaye watshintsha,
kulapho wazalelwa khona kuphela
babesaziwa ngegazi;

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Ndiya kwiindawo zam,

Ndiya kwiindawo zam,
Ndivela kwisizungu,
kuba ukuhamba nam
iingcinga zam zindanele.

Andiyazi into yelali
apho ndihlala khona nalapho ndifela khona,
kunokuba uvela kum,
Andikwazi ukuqhubeka.

[...]

• Kwimibongo yakhe yenkolo asinakulibala ezi zinto:

UKristu emnqamlezweni

Ngubani laa ndoda
ndonzakele ngamalungu amaninzi,
iphela ngokusondela kakhulu,
kwaye akukho mntu umncedayo?

"Jesus Nazareno" utsho
ileyibhile ephawulekayo.
Owu Thixo, lithini igama elimnandi
ayithembisi kufa kakubi!

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Ndinantoni na, le nto ufuna ubuhlobo bam?

Ndinantoni na, le nto ufuna ubuhlobo bam?
Unomdla onjani owulandelayo, Yesu wam,
emnyango wam, ugqunywe ngumbethe,
Ngaba uyabachitha ubusuku obumnyama bobusika?

• Kwaye yeyona sonnet intle yothando kuncwadi lwaseSpain:

Yaphela, yiba noburhalarhume,
erhabaxa, ithenda, inkululeko, ukuphepha,
uyakhuthazeka, uyabulala, akasekho, uyaphila,
unyanisekile, ungumngcatshi, uligwala kwaye unomoya;

ungafumani ngaphandle kweziko elilungileyo kwaye uphumle,
Yonwaba, ube lusizi, uthobeke, uzidle,
unomsindo, ukhaliphile, ubalekile,
wanelisekile, ukhubekile, urhanela;

balekela ubuso kukudana okucacileyo,
sela ityhefu ngotywala,
ulibale izibonelelo, uthande ububi;

kholelwa ukuba izulu liyongena esihogweni,
nika ubomi nomphefumlo kudana;
Olu luthando, nabani na oncamle lona uyazi.

• Kwaye oku, yeyona idumileyo:

I-sonnet indixelela ukuba ndenze iViolante
ukuba ebomini bam ndizibone ndisengxakini enkulu;
iivesi ezilishumi elinesine zithi yisonethi;
behlekisa, behlekisa, abathathu baya phambili.

Ndacinga ukuba andifumani liqabane
kwaye ndiphakathi kwenye ikota;
kodwa ukuba ndizibona ndikwincwadi yokuqala yokuqala,
akukho nto inee-quartet ezindoyikisayo.

Kwintathu yokuqala endingena kuyo,
kwaye kubonakala ngathi ndingene kunyawo lwasekunene,
Ewe, phelisa ngale ndinyana ndiyinikayo.

Sele ndikowesibini, kwaye ndisakrokrela
ukuba ndizigqiba iivesi ezilishumi elinesithathu;
bala ukuba zilishumi elinesine, kwaye yenziwe.