U-Enrique Jardiel Poncela
4 izinkondlo ezikhethiwe
IMPILO
Ngokuba okufushane… isikhathi sokuphumula;
umbani; ukuwela inkanyezi;
ukucwayiza; injabulo; inhlansi;
ukuhluma; Ukuqabula; isibhamu esisodwa;
isifuba do; ubhontshisi; ukububula;
imbali esitsheni; ukuphrinta;
ubungani; ubuhle bahle;
isithembiso; Phuma; ngiyakuthanda!;
ukuba yimfihlo komphakathi;
indawo esuka esidunjini iye emathanjeni;
ukuphuka komkhumbi; irubrikhi; umusi;
a blush; ukuhwalala; iholide;
ukusitheka kwelanga; umshado; Yebo; igwebu;
IZizathu ZAMI ZOKUKHULUMA NGOKUSHESHA
Hawu! Isiphetho, ubusa isigqi sempilo yami!
Hawu! Fate, wena ukunikeza ithoni khona kwami!
Bathi ngikhuluma ngokuxhamazela, ikhwalithi eqalekisiwe,
okwenza umlaleli alahlekelwe yisikhathi nokubekezela.
Kungani unganginiki ukuthula okudingekayo
Yini uSan Luis, uSanto Job no-Arcadio ababenayo?
Awuboni yini ukuthi ngigembula impilo yami ngenye indlela
njalo uma ngiba nengqungquthela emsakazweni?
Mina, engingathanda ukukhuluma ngokucacile ngezulu,
Ngokusobala ngiba i-ace emdlalweni
futhi, njengokujwayelekile kulesi sigaba sama-aces,
Nginokudla okulula futhi ngigaya ukuphela kwemisho.
Nginike ukucaciseleka kwakho ekubizeni amagama
ngaso sonke isikhathi lapho kufanele ngilingise ekusakazeni,
futhi uma kungenjalo ukucacisela ukujabulisa ukuhleka,
Ngitshele okungenani ukuthi kungani ngikhuluma ngamawala.
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UCARLOS ARNICHES
"Uyinkosi yesayinete" - uyahleba njengoba edlula—,
futhi uyadlula - ubude nokuphakama - ngaphandle kokuzwa noma ukubheka,
futhi alibuki noma alizwa ngoba lihlala ezindaweni eziphakemeyo.
(Kumele kuqashelwe ukuthi ungamamitha amabili ubude.)
Abalingisi, usuku olubabizayo
"kokufundwayo" okusha, bayajabula ipso facto,
futhi bayangana, bememeza: "UDon Carlos uzofunda namuhla!"
ngenkathi iNkampani ibubula: "Izoletha isenzo esisodwa kuphela!"
Bhala okuncane nokuhle. Uma ilungile ingeyami:
Igolide ligijimela ebhokisini lehhovisi ngesimo sekhulu eligcwele.
Kepha uma enza iphutha, wakha i-sarrazina
izinkulungwane ezine namakhulu amabili namashumi ayisishiyagalombili amaSaracen.
"Umphefumulo wale ndoda uyahleka!" Ngiyezwa njalo
ngokuthatha indawo yami ngobusuku bokuvula.
"Uyahleka lomuntu." Umoya wakhe uhleka ... Kuhle!
Umphefumulo wakhe kufanele uhleke, ngoba ubuso bakhe abwenzi.
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PARIS
I-asphalt eluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka nesibhakabhaka esimpunga
okucatshangwayo i-vis-à-vis,
noma, nokuxoxa ngasese.
I-Aristocracy e fleur de lis
ngaseNkanyezi naseSaint-Denis.
Idolobha iBourgeois eLa Villete.
Izinkohliso nezingane. Futhi uphuthelwe
eduze kwesifanekiso seNkosi uLouis
engadini. IVoyons, iPierrette,
viens donc ici; u-pas bête!
URue de la Paix. IClaridge Hotel.
Isitendi sencwadi. Indlu yaseHachette.
Izendlalelo zoboya okumpunga okuncane.
Futhi ku- «Casino» inkanyezi
mdala kakhulu kunezwe,
abantu abambiza nge- «Mis-
Yizinkondlo ezinhle kakhulu engizizwile