UPierre Reverdy wayeyimbongi engumFrentshi eyazalelwa eNarbonne. Wayengomnye wabakhuthazi intshukumo ye-surreal kunye Wayenobudlelwane namagcisa abalulekileyo nababhali njengoPicasso okanye uApollinaire. Usweleke ngemini efana nanamhlanje eSolesmes ngo-1960 Ukukhetha imibongo ukuyifunda, ukuyikhumbula okanye ukuyazi.
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UPierre Reverdy - Ukukhethwa kwemibongo
Umoya nomoya
Yitshimera engaqhelekanga. Intloko, ephezulu kunaloo mgangatho, iphakathi kweentambo ezimbini kwaye iyachopha kwaye ihlale, akukho nto ihamba.
Intloko engaziwayo iyathetha kwaye andiqondi nalinye igama, andiva sandi-phantsi emhlabeni. Ndihlala ndisendleleni esecaleni kwam kwaye ndijonga; Ndijonge amagama aza kuwaphosa. Intloko iyathetha kwaye andiva nto, umoya usasaza yonke into.
Owu moya omkhulu, ukuhlekisa okanye ukudakumba, ndikunqwenelele ukufa kwakho. Kwaye ndilahla umnqwazi wam owawuthathayo. Andisenanto; kodwa intiyo yam ihlala ihleli, yeha ngaphezu kwakho!
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Ubulukhuni bentliziyo
Bendingayi kuphinda ndifune ukuphinda ndibubone ubuso bakho buhlungu
Izidlele zakho zitshonile kunye neenwele zakho emoyeni
Ndahamba ndacanda ilizwe
Phantsi kwala mahlathi afumileyo
Ubusuku nemini
Elangeni nasemvuleni
Ngaphantsi kweenyawo zam amagqabi afileyo avuthuluka
Ngamanye amaxesha inyanga yayikhanya
Sadibana ubuso ngobuso kwakhona
Ukusijonga ungakhange uthethe nto
Kwaye andinayo indawo eyaneleyo yokuya kwakhona
Ndandibotshelelwe emthini ixesha elide
Ngothando lwakho olubi phambi kwam
Ukukhathazeka ngakumbi kunephupha elibi
Umntu omkhulu kunawe ekugqibeleni wandikhulula
Konke ukuhla kweenyembezi kuyandikhathaza
Kwaye obu buthathaka ongenako ukubulwa
Ndisabela ngokukhawuleza ebubini
Ukuya kumkhosi ophakamisa amanqindi njengesixhobo
Malunga nesigebenga esandiqwengayo kubumnandi bakho kunye neenzipho zaso
Kude ekuxineni okuthambileyo kunye nokuthamba kweengalo zakho
Ndiphefumlela phezulu emiphungeni yam
Ukuwela ilizwe ukuwela ihlathi
Kwisixeko esimangalisayo apho intliziyo yam ibetha khona
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Ubuso ngobuso
Uya phambili kwaye ukuqina kwesidima sakhe kubonisa ukungazinzi.
Imbonakalo ayishiyi iinyawo zakho. Yonke into ekhanyayo kuloo mehlo
ukusuka apho iingcinga ezimbi ziphuma khona, ukuhamba kwakhe ukuthandabuza kukhanyisa.
Izokuwa.
Emva kwegumbi umfanekiso oqhelekileyo umi umde. Isandla sakho esoluliweyo
iya kweyakho. Ubona kuphela loo nto; kodwa ngequbuliso uyakhubeka
ngokuchasene naye.
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Umona
Umbono we-dim motley entlokweni yakhe, ubaleka kweyam. Ukufumana iinkwenkwezi
nezilwanyana zelizwe, abalimi nabafazi, ukuze bazisebenzise.
Ulwandle lumgungqisile, ulwandle lundishukumisile, kwaye nguye owamkela zonke izitampu.
Khanyisa kancinci inkunkuma ayifumeneyo, yonke into iyalelwe kwaye ndiziva
Intloko yam enzima ityumza iziqu ezibuthathaka.
Ukuba uyakholelwa, ikamva, lokuba ndingahamba, ungandinika amaphiko.
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Busuku
Isitrato simnyama ngokupheleleyo kwaye isikhululo asishiyanga uphawu lwaso.
Ndingathanda ukuphuma kwaye bayobamba umnyango wam. Ukanti phezulu phaya
umntu ubukele kwaye isibane sicinyiwe.
Ngelixa izaci zingenzinto ngaphandle kwezithunzi, izibhengezo
ziyaqhubeka kunye ne palisades. Mamela, awungeva inyathelo layo nayiphi na
ihashe. Nangona kunjalo, i-knight enkulu ibaleka ngaphezulu kwe
Umdanisi nayo yonke into ilahlekile ijikile, ngasemva kwendawo engenamntu. Ngobusuku nje
bazi apho badibana khona. Ekuseni baya kunxiba
imibala yayo eqaqambileyo. Ngoku yonke into ithe cwaka. Isibhakabhaka sihamba kunye nenyanga
ifihla phakathi kweetshimini. Izidenge kwaye angaboni nto ngamapolisa
zigcina ucwangco.
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Uluhlu
Umnwe wam wopha
Ne
Ndinibhalela
Ulawulo lookumkani bamandulo luphelile
Iphupha liham
Inzima
Oko kuxhonywe eluphahleni
Nomlotha ovela kwicuba lakho
Iqulethe konke ukukhanya
Ekujikeni kwindlela
Imithi yopha
Ilanga elingumbulali
Igazi iipayini
Kwaye abo badlula edlelweni elimanzi
Emva kwemini isikhova sokuqala salala
Bendinxilile
Imilenze yam eyekelelayo ixhonywe apho
Kwaye izulu liyandibamba
Isibhakabhaka esihlamba amehlo am rhoqo kusasa
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