Izithombe. Amherst College
U-Emily Dickinson Ingenye ye izimbongi ezibaluleke kakhulu emlandweni yezincwadi zaseMelika nezendawo yonke, ezingeni labantu bakubo u-Edgar Allan Poe noma uWalt Whitman. Namuhla kwazalwa edolobheni lase-Amherst, eMassachusetts, e 1830.
Umsebenzi wakhe wawuphawuleka ngemfundo yakhe, ukuthi yize yayiphakathi kwezifundiswa ezinkulu, yayisendaweni ehlanzeke kakhulu. Ukusuka empilweni eyimfihlo, kanjalo neyakhe Producción, ebesevele ihleliwe emva kokufa kwakhe. Kepha kungcono ukuyifunda kunokukhuluma ngayo. Ngakho-ke iyahamba ukukhethwa kwezinye zezinkondlo eziningi ezimfushane obhalile.
U-Emily Dickinson
Fue indodakazi nomzukulu wezibalo ezifanele yesikhathi, kepha leyo mfundo esimweni esiqinile futhi esivaliwe yamenza waba yi- umuntu onesizungu nostalgic. Ngenxa yalokho, akabanga nabangane abaningi. Phakathi kwabo kwakukhona umfundisi UCharles wadsworth, owathonya kakhulu ukucabanga kwakhe nezinkondlo. Futhi wayezithanda izimbongi uRobert no-Elizabeth Barrett Browning, uJohn Keats, kanye nemibhalo ye- URalph Waldo Emerson, uHenry David Thoreau, nalawo amanoveli UNathaniel Hawthorne noHarriet Beecher Stowe.
Umsebenzi wakhe usuka ku- ukujwayeleka kwemigomo yayo ngokohlobo lokuqukethwe nokuncishiswa nokutholwa kothando -okanye ukungathandwa- okomhlaba kuNkulunkulu. Kubuye futhi umkhiqizo wesizungu sakhe esibalulekile wafuna ngentando yakhe. Futhi kwesinye isikhathi iyashintsha phakathi kokukhanya nokuba sobala nobunzima ubuhlakani obuningi. Kepha akukho okuphazamisa ukuzwela kwakho. Lezi ngezinye zezinkondlo ezihlale zimfushane.
Ukukhethwa kwezinkondlo
Izulu liphansi
Isibhakabhaka siphansi, amafu amabi;
umhambi weqhwa
ngesibaya noma ngomsele
mpikiswano uma kuzohamba.
Umoya omncane uyakhononda usuku lonke
ukuthi umuntu umphathe kanjani.
Imvelo, njengathi, kwesinye isikhathi iyavaleleka
ngaphandle kwebhande lakhe lasekhanda.
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Yazi ukuthi ungayiphatha kanjani ingxenye yethu ebusuku
Yazi ukuthi ungayiphatha kanjani ingxenye yethu ebusuku
noma ekuseni okumsulwa;
gcwalisa ubuze bethu ngendelelo,
ugcwalise ngenjabulo.
Nayi inkanyezi, nenye inkanyezi kude:
abanye bayalahleka.
Lapha kunenkungu, ngale kwenye inkungu,
kodwa kamuva usuku.
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Kwahamba isikhathi kuMuntu
Kwahamba isikhathi kuMuntu
kepha kusesekuseni ngoNkulunkulu
Ukudalwa, akunamandla okusiza
kodwa umthandazo wawungohlangothi lwethu
Izulu elihle kanjani
lapho umhlaba ungeke ubekhona
Ngakho-ke ubuso bomoya wokungenisa izihambi bunjani
kumakhelwane wethu wakudala, uNkulunkulu.
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Ukuqiniseka
Angikaze ngilibone ihlane
nolwandle angikaze ngilubone
kodwa ngibonile amehlo eheather
Futhi ngiyazi ukuthi kufanele abe yini amagagasi
Angikaze ngikhulume noNkulunkulu
futhi angizange ngimvakashele eZulwini,
kepha ngiyaqiniseka ukuthi ngisuka kuphi
kube sengathi banginikeze isifundo.
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Lokho bengihlala ngikuthanda
Lokho bengihlala ngikuthanda
Ngikulethela ubufakazi
ukuthi ngaze ngathanda
Angikaze ngiphile-ngokwanele-
engiyohlala ngiyithanda
Ngizoxoxa ngayo nawe
yini uthando luyimpilo
nokuphila ukungafi
lokhu-uma ungabaza- othandekayo,
ngakho anginayo
lutho ukukhombisa
ngaphandle kwekalvari
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Uyaphupha
Ukuphunyuka emhlabeni
incwadi yisitsha esihle kunazo zonke;
futhi uhamba kangcono enkondlweni
ukuthi emgodini ovuthayo kakhulu futhi osheshayo
Ngisho nabampofu kakhulu bangakwenza,
akukho okumele kukhokhwe:
umphefumulo ekuthuthweni kwephupho lawo
wondliwa ngokuthula nangokuthula kuphela.
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Ngifihle embali yami
Ngifihle embali yami
ukuze uma ungithwala esifubeni sakho,
ngaphandle kokusola, ubukhona futhi ...
Futhi izingelosi kuphela ezizokwazi okunye.
Ngifihle embali yami
ukuze, lapho ngiphuma engilazini yakho,
wena, ungazi, uzizwe
cishe isizungu engikushiyele sona.
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Amaphupho ayisipho esicashile
Amaphupho ayisipho esicashile
lokho kusenza sicebe ihora lonke
bese bephonsa thina bampofu.
Ngaphandle komnyango onsomi
Esimweni esibandayo
Ngaphambilini kwakungokwakho.