UJorge Luis Borges: impumelelo ezincwadini, ukuzisola othandweni

I-Argentina yayinoJorge Luis Borges ukugeleza kwezinhlamvu okungenakuphikiswa, umthombo wokuhlakanipha okungavalwa ukufa kuphela ukuze kungabe kusaba namaconsi. Kodwa-ke, ngaphandle kokuhlupheka okulindele umuntu ngamunye odlula kule ndawo esiyibiza ngokuthi impilo, amanzi ageleza evela kulesi sidlakela aqhubeka nokondla imicabango nomphefumulo wabaningi.

Umbalisi? Yebo; Ukuhlambalaza amanoveli?, Futhi; Isazi sefilosofi?, Kunjalo; Imbongi?, Njengabambalwa. Jorge Luis Borges eza kwizosha ukuze zingaphinde zifane. Kodwa-ke, yini esikwaziyo ngempela ngempilo yothando yalesi sifundiswa? Imisebenzi yakhe isitshelani ngakho? Bathini ababhali bakhe bezinto eziphilayo? Kunezici ezithakazelisa kakhulu ezigqamile, futhi ezizobekwa obala namuhla.

UJorge Luis Borges: impumelelo ngezincwadi

Ngubani ongafundanga noma ezwile I-Aleph o Izinganekwane? Kuyaqabukela ukuthola umfundi ojwayelekile ongenalo. Le misebenzi, ekubeni iyisilinganiso nje salokho esingakubiza ngokuthi "ukugeleza kweBorgean", iyisibonelo esingagunci sokwazi kwakhe lolu limi ngobukhulu balo obuhlukahlukene. Ukufunda iBorges kuyabamba lesi senzo, kufiphaze, kuyinkohliso.

Izazi zolimi zathola izindaba ezimbalwa ngezimfanelo zombhali wase-Argentina. Kwakungelona ize imvula yokuhlonishwa eyayinakho: i-Jerusalem Prize ngo-1971, i-Special Edgar Prize ngo-1976, iMiguel de Cervantes Prize ngo-1980, futhi iyeka ukubala. Yebo, impumelelo kaJorge Luis Borges kumazwi wavele.

UJorge Luis Borges: ukuzisola othandweni

Manje kuthiwani ngoBorges othandweni? Uthini umsebenzi wakhe? Bathini ababhali bakho bokuphila. Iqiniso ukuthi umsebenzi wakhe wezinkondlo ukhombisa okuncane ngokusondelana. Imbongi isho enkondlweni yayo umgoqo omhlukanisa nalokho kulangazelela, lolo thando oluqondile, lolo lwenyama, lowesilisa nowesifazane. Eqinisweni, isici socansi ezincwadini zakhe cishe asikho. Futhi cha, akukhona ukuthi akathandanga futhi azizwa, kepha hhayi ngamandla ayefuna ngawo, hhayi ngokulethwa akunikeze.

Kwanele ukufunda inkondlo yesibili yango-1964 ukubona leli qiniso kancane:

Ngo-1964, II

Ngeke ngisajabula. Mhlawumbe akunandaba.
Ziningi ezinye izinto emhlabeni;
noma yimuphi umzuzu ujulile
futhi ahlukile kunolwandle. Impilo imfushane

Futhi yize amahora made kangaka, linye
isimanga esimnyama siyasibamba,
ukufa, lolunye ulwandle, lowo omunye umcibisholo
esikhulula elangeni nasenyangeni

nothando. Injabulo onginike yona
futhi uthathe kimi kufanele kusulwe;
Lokho obekuyikho konke kufanele kungabi yilutho.

Kuphela ukuthi ngijabule ngokudabuka,
lowo mkhuba oyize ongithandayo
eningizimu, emnyango othize, ekhoneni elithile ».

U-Estela Canto nonina kaBorges

Isimo sikanina sibuye sethulwe kule ndawo, samanje, esinamandla, esilawula inkululeko nezinqumo zembongi.. Kwenzeka icala elithakazelisayo ngomhumushi u-Estela Canto, owesifazane okhona I-Aleph. Yebo, uBorges wamthanda ngokweqile ngo-1944. Umkhiqizo walolo thando wazalwa lokho kungaba yindaba edume kakhulu yombhali.

UBorges wamnqoba ngayo yonke imininingwane, ngegajethi yakhe enhle kakhulu: izinhlamvu. Kodwa-ke, akubanga nje isikhathi eside ukuthi umama kaBorges aqale ukugxambukela ebudlelwaneni, ahlukane no-Estela. Umhumushi usolwa ngokungalawulwa ngoba umane nje akahambisani nemingcele yenhlalo yangaleso sikhathi. Iqiniso ukuthi uLeonor, umama wembongi, wafeza umsebenzi wakhe futhi wabuphelisa ubuhlobo.

Ukusuka lapho balandela uchungechunge lokungezwani phakathi kwalaba bobabili, kodwa-ke, ngemuva kweminyaka kwakunguBorges owayengafuni lutho no-Estela.

Borges no-Elsa Helena Astete Millán

U-Elsa Helena Astete Millán wayeyintombi kaBorges ebusheni bakhe. Ngemuva kwesikhashana behlukene, washada, futhi uBorges wakuchitha ukubuyela kulolo thando. Kodwa-ke, wayesengumfelokazi emashumini eminyaka kamuva, futhi wanquma ukumcela umshado. Leyo kwakuyinyunyana yokuqala yezimbongi, uBorges wayeneminyaka engama-68 futhi wayeneminyaka engama-56 (ngo-1967).

Lokhu kwakungewona umshado wamaphupho, kwaphela cishe iminyaka engu-4. Futhi yize kungabonakala kungajwayelekile endodeni yobudala bukaBorges, isithunzi sikanina, owayesaphila, saqhubeka.

Maria Kodama, ukuzisola sekuphelile?

Ngemuva kokushona kukanina kaBorges (uLeonor wayeneminyaka engama-99), empilweni yakhe imbongi kwaqhamuka owesifazane osemusha, owafika manje wazohlala. Igama lale ntombazane kwakunguMaria Kodama. Bahlangana phakathi nohambo lweBorges oluya e-United States futhi kusukela lapho baye bahlukaniswa. 

Ngemuva kwezinkinga ezibonakalayo zikaBorges, neminyaka engadlulanga ize, waba nesidingo esikhulu kuye, futhi ngenxa yokubabazeka nothando uKodama azizwa ngalo, wathatha indima yakhe ngokuzinikela. Lezi zithandani, ezinegebe elibanzi lokwehluka kweminyaka (ngaphezulu kwama-50), zishade iminyaka eyishumi nanye ngemuva kokuhlangana. UBorges wadlula emhlabeni cishe izinyanga ezimbili kamuva washiya zonke izimpahla zakhe kuKodama.

Kulesi siphetho esingalindelekile, ukuzisola kukaBorges kwaguqulwa, futhi umsebenzi wakhe wawuvikelwe kahle ezandleni zomlondolozi njenganoma iyiphi enye.