Okunye Usuku lwe-Valentine, usuku olwenziwe kahle lothando. Futhi zimbalwa izingoma ezinhle zokubhala zokubhala ngothando kunamonethi. Amavesi ayishumi nane lapho kungagxilwa kuyo yonke ingqikithi yomuzwa onzima ukuchaza. Zonke izimbongi bezifuna ukukwenza kusukela ekuqaleni kwesikhathi. Namuhla ngiyazikhumbula lezi 6 thanda amanethi. Mhlawumbe kunjalo owaziwa kakhulu yabalobi bayo, ikakhulukazi labo I-Lope, i-Quevedo ne-Garcilaso de la Vega, futhi futhi mhlawumbe amahle kakhulu. Kubo ngifaka ezinye ze UNeruda, uMiguel Hernández noLorca.
I-Lope de Vega
Uphele amandla, ulinge, uthukuthele,
okunolaka, ithenda, inkululeko, okungajwayelekile,
ukhuthazekile, uyabulala, ushonile, uyaphila,
uthembekile, uyimbuka, ubugwala futhi unomoya;
ungatholi ngaphandle kwesikhungo esihle uphumule,
jabula, udabuke, uthobeke, uzidle,
uthukuthele, unesibindi, ubalekile,
wenelisekile, uphatheke kabi, uyasola;
balekela ubuso ukudana okusobala,
phuza ushevu ngotshwala obuthambile,
ukhohlwe inzuzo, thanda okubi;
bakholelwa ukuthi izulu lingena esihogweni,
nikeza impilo nomphefumulo ekudumazekeni;
Lolu wuthando, noma ngabe ngubani olinambithile uyazi.
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UFrancisco de Quevedo
Vala amehlo ami okokugcina
Shadow ukuthi usuku olumhlophe luzongithatha,
Futhi ngingawukhulula lo mphefumulo wami
UHora, ekuthathekeni kwakhe okulangazelelayo;
Kepha hhayi ukusuka lapha ogwini
Izoshiya imemori, lapho yasha khona:
Ukubhukuda kuyalazi ilangabi lami amanzi abandayo,
Futhi ulahlekelwe yinhlonipho ngomthetho onzima.
Umphefumulo, okuye kwaba yilo lonke ijele likaNkulunkulu,
Imithambo, yeka ihlaya abalinike umlilo omningi,
Ama-Medules, ashe ngokukhazimulayo,
Umzimba wakho uzoshiya, hhayi ukunakekelwa kwakho;
Zizoba ngumlotha, kodwa kuzoba nengqondo;
Bazoba ngothuli, nothuli oluningi lothando.
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IGarcilaso de la Vega
Isenzo sakho sibhaliwe emphefumulweni wami,
nokuthi ngifuna ukubhala okungakanani ngawe;
uyibhale wedwa, ngiyifundile
ngingedwa, ukuthi ngisho nani ngizigcine ngikulokhu.
Kulokhu engikhona futhi ngiyohlala ngikhona;
ukuthi noma ngingalingani ukuthi ngibona kangakanani kuwe
Ngicabanga okuhle kakhulu engingakuqondi
esivele ithathe ukholo isabelomali.
Angizalwanga ngaphandle kokukuthanda;
umphefumulo wami ukukusikile esilinganisweni sawo;
ngenxa yomkhuba womphefumulo uqobo ngiyakuthanda.
Kungakanani enginakho ngiyavuma ukuthi ngikukweleta;
Ngazalelwa wena, ngiphila wena,
ngifela wena, futhi ngifela wena.
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Pablo Neruda
Ngikuthande kangaki, ngingakubonanga, mhlawumbe ngaphandle kwememori,
ngaphandle kokubona ukubuka kwakho, ngaphandle kokubuka wena, ikhulu leminyaka,
ezifundeni eziphikisanayo, emini evuthayo:
ubuyiphunga nje lokusanhlamvu engikuthandayo.
Mhlawumbe ngikubonile, ngakuqagela ngokudlula uphakamisa ingilazi
e-Angola, ekukhanyeni kwenyanga kaJuni,
noma ubuyisinqe salelo gitare
ukuthi ngidlale ebumnyameni futhi kuzwakala njengolwandle olweqile.
Bengikuthanda ngingazi, futhi ngibheke inkumbulo yakho.
Ngangena ezindlini ezingenalutho ngethoshi ukweba isithombe sakho.
Kepha bengivele ngazi ukuthi kuyini. Ngokungazelelwe
ngenkathi uhamba nami ngakuthinta futhi impilo yami yama:
phambi kwamehlo ami wawungobusi, nezindlovukazi.
Njengomlilo wequbula ehlathini, umlilo ungumbuso wakho.
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UMiguel Hernandez
Ufa nge-caste futhi kulula ...
Ngilahlwa yicala sthandwa ngiyavuma
lowo mthumbi onesibindi sokumanga,
Ngikhiphe imbali esihlathini sakho.
Ngikhiphe imbali esihlathini sakho,
futhi kusukela kuleyo nkazimulo, lowo mcimbi,
isihlathi sakho, esinobuqili nesindayo,
iwela emaqabungeni akho futhi iphuzi.
Isipoki sokuqabula okukhohlisayo
uthambise isifuba,
i-patent engaphezulu nangaphezulu, emnyama nomkhulu.
Futhi ngaphandle kokulala, unomona,
ubuke umlomo wami ngokunakekela okungakanani!
ukuze ingapheli futhi ingalawuleki.
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UFederico Garcia Lorca
Lokhu kukhanya, lo mlilo oqothulayo.
Lesi sakhiwo esimpunga singizungezile.
Lobuhlungu bomqondo nje.
Lolu sizi lwezulu, umhlaba nesikhathi.
Lesi sililo segazi esihlobisayo
lyre ngaphandle ishayela manje, itiye okugcotshwayo.
Lesi sisindo solwandle esingishaya.
Lesi sifezelo esihlala esifubeni sami.
Bayizimbali zezimbali, umbhede wabalimele,
lapho ngaphandle kokulala, ngiphupha ngobukhona bakho
phakathi kwamanxiwa esifuba sami esishonile.
Futhi yize ngifuna ingqungquthela yokuqonda
inhliziyo yakho inginikeza isigodi
nge-hemlock nangothando lwesayensi ebabayo.