I-Horacio kwakuyinto eyodwa ngaphezulu izimbongi ezinkulu zeroman. Okuvamile phakathi kwezakudala, Umngani kaVirgilio, futhi umsebenzi wakhe wakhiwa mhlawumbe ngesikhathi esikhazimula kunazo zonke zombuso. Namuhla ushone eRoma ngonyaka ka-8 a. C. Ngikhumbula isibalo sakhe nge 5 izinkondlo zakhe. Isisho sakhe, ICarpe Diem, ufingqa ngokuphelele iqiniso futhi ingqikithi yokuphila komuntu.
I-Horacio
Okwesihlanu uHoracio Flaco wayenjalo indodana yenceku ekhululiwe futhi wakwazi ukufunda eRoma. Wamukelwa ngu Brute, Umbulali kaKesari, owamqamba ngegama induna yamasosha webutho lakhe. Kepha okwakhe ukungafaneleki ngesikhundla wambuyisela eRoma, lapho aqala khona ukusebenza njenge ummeli olungisa izivumelwano, into emshiye nesikhathi sokubhala amavesi. Ngemuva kwalokho wahlangana noVirgilio, okwamngenisa embuthanweni we Umphathi wase eyethula kumbusi I-Augusto.
Umsebenzi wakhe
Amasiko ubulili obune:
- Amanothi, izithombe ezihlekisayo zesikhathi sakhe zihlukaniswe zaba izincwadi ezimbili futhi zabhalwa ngama hexameter;
- Ama-EpodeIzinkondlo eziyi-17 zamatimu ahlukahlukene nomthelela wamaGreki;
- Odes (Carmina), futhi kuma hexameters;
- Izincwadi. Phakathi kwalezi kukhona esidumile I-Ars poetica.
Izinkondlo zakhe, ikakhulukazi i- ukuphelela ngesimo, kubhekwa njenge- isisho esiphezulu semibhalo ngobuhle besikhathi sakhe.
Izinkondlo eziyi-5
ICarminum I, 11 - ICarpe Diem
Ungenzi sengathi uyazi, akuvunyelwe,
ekugcineni kimi nakimi, Leucónoe,
onkulunkulu basabele,
noma uthinte izinombolo zaseBabiloni.
Kuzoba ngcono ukwamukela okuzayo,
noma ngabe kunobusika obuningi kuneJupiter
akunike, noma ube owokugcina,
leyo manje eyenza uLwandle lwaseTyrrhenian
phula amawa aphambene.
Ungabi uhlanya, hlunga iwayini lakho
futhi ivumelanisa nesikhathi esifushane sempilo yakho
ithemba elide.
Njengoba sikhuluma nje, isikhathi somona siyabaleka.
Phila ngalolu suku. Yithathe.
Ungathembi ikusasa elingaqinisekile.
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ICarminum I, 30 - Ukuze venus
O Venus, ndlovukazi yaseGnidus nasePaphos,
shiya iSipro yakho ethandekayo
bese uya egumbini elihlotshisiwe
weGlícera, lowo okuncenga
ngempepho eminingi.
Woza nawe Ngane evutha amalangabi
kanye neGrace yobukhulu obwehlisiwe;
kuza amaNymphs nentsha,
ukuthi ngaphandle kwakho akekho ohehayo;
Woza kwiMercury.
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UCarminum III, 25 - KuBacchus
Ungisaphi, Bacchus, ngigcwele wena?
Kumaphi amahlathi, kumiphi imigede
Ngikhukhulwa yingqondo entsha?
Ngizozwakala ngikuphi umhhume
ukuzindla wethula inkazimulo yaphakade
kaKesari ovelele ezinkanyezini nasemhlanganweni
YeJupiter? Ngizohlabelela okudumile, okusha,
okungazange kuculwe mlomo.
Akekho omunye ngaphandle kweBacchante yokuqwasha
umangele ebheke phezulu kwe-Hebro,
IThrace imhlophe ngeqhwa
NeRhodope yanyathelwa ngonyawo lwangaphandle.
ngakho kuyangijabulisa, kulahlekile,
bonga osebeni lwemifula namahlathi angenabantu.
O nkosi enamandla yamaNayadi
futhi kumaBacchantes akwazi ukushaya phansi
izihlahla zomlotha ezinde ngezandla zakho!
Akukho okuncane, noma ngezwi eliphansi,
akukho okufayo okuzokugubha. Ingozi enhle
ngu, oh, Leneo, ukulandela unkulunkulu obopha amathempeli akho
ngegatsha eliluhlaza.
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ICarminum I, 38 - Encekwini yakhe
Ngiyakuzonda, mfana, ubukhazikhazi basePheresiya.
Angizithandi lezo zicoco
elukiwe ngamaqabunga e-linden.
Yeka ukujaha indawo
lapho i-rose engasekho isaqhakaza khona.
Ngiyacela, ngizama ukungangezi lutho
kumbumbulu olula. UMyrtle
kuhle ngawe ukuba ungikhonze,
nami, ngiphuzani
ezinyaweni zomvini omncane.
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ICarminum I, 23 - KuChloe
Uyangigwema, Kloe, njengentshontsho
ebheka izintaba eziphambukayo
kunina owayethukile, hhayi ngaphandle kweze
ukwesaba umoya namahlamvu.
Uma i-hawthorn ishiya ukuqhuma emoyeni,
uma izibankwa eziluhlaza zibakhokhisa
impilo ama-brambles, uzwe ukwesaba,
inhliziyo yakhe iyathuthumela, namadolo akhe.
Futhi-ke angikujahi
Njengehlosi elinolaka noma ingonyama yakwaGetullus,
ukuklebhula ube yizicucu. Ngifuna kuphela
ukuthi uyeke ukulandela unyoko,
Awu, umdala ngokwanele ukuthi ungalandela umyeni wakho.