«Amagama Nezinsuku», Octavio Paz

Isithombe se-Octavio Paz

I-CONACULTA (UMkhandlu Kazwelonke Wezamasiko Nobuciko), nge-General Directorate of Publications, kanye ne-Economic Culture Fund, bakujabulele ukumemezela ukushicilelwa kwale ncwadi "Amagama nezinsuku”. I-anthology ehlanganisa imisebenzi engcono kakhulu ku- izinkondlo ne-eseyi ka-Octavio Paz, Umklomelo KaNobel Wezincwadi eMexico.

Inhloso ukuthi, ngalolu shicilelo olunamakhasi angama-320, intsha yezwe isondele kakhulu kumbhali owazuzela iNobel. Umhleli wencwadi, uRicardo Cayuela Gally, uthe ngoPaz, "Umsebenzi ka-Octavio Paz uyaphila, uyisiphephelo sokuhoxa ezintweni ezingenangqondo zomhlaba nakwikhampasi ukuziqondisa nokuziphatha kukho."

Incwadi ihlukaniswe kabili, kuye ngohlobo. Owokuqala uhambelana nemisebenzi yephrozi yombhali, lapho iningi labo likhona, yonke imibhalo ayibhalile, eqala ngeMasks Mexicanas, umbhalo oyisisekelo oyingxenye ye- “El Laberinto de la Soledad”. Kuyo yonke le ngxenye yokuqala imisebenzi ebaluleke kakhulu yombhali yahlanganiswa, lapho asebenza khona umcabango wababhali bezinkondlo ze-prose, njengoSor Juana Ines de la Cruz, noma uRafael Alberti, kanye nokuthuthukisa umugqa wakhe wokucabanga ezungeze ubuciko beplastiki, egxile kakhulu kuLuis Buñuel njengomkhiphi weSurrealism. Futhi ukubhekana nezihloko ezifana nomlando nezepolitiki.

Ingxenye yesibili ye-anthology iqukethe imisebenzi yezinkondlo ebhalwe ngu-Octavio. Kulesi sigaba, kubuthwa imibhalo eshicilelwe ezincwadini ezingaphezu kweshumi, ekhiqizwe phakathi kuka-1935 no-1996. Kubandakanya nemibhalo evela ezincwadini ezinjengeLibertad ngoshwele, iLa Estación Violenta, iSalamandra y dias trabajo, iLadera, futhi, njengokuvalwa i-anthology, inkondlo emangalisayo ebhalwe ngu-Octavio Paz lapho kubonakala sengathi uvalelisa khona ngempilo, eminyakeni eyisishiyagalolunye ngaphambi kokufa kwakhe, selokhu yabhalwa ngoMeyi 1989, kanti uPaz ushona ngo-Ephreli 1998. Le nkondlo ibizwa ngeColophon, epitaph etsheni .

Incwadi engiyishayela ihlombe ngempela, ngoba kubaluleke kakhulu ukuthi umbhali onjengo-Octavio Paz aqashelwe maqondana nokufika kwakhe nezethameli ezisencane. Ngicabanga ukuthi iNobel iyi-anecdotal uma kungekho muntu emgwaqweni oyifundela yona.

Manje senginamathisela umbhalo ngumbhali, engicabanga ukuthi ukhuluma ngaphezu kwanoma yikuphi ukugxekwa, ukuphawula noma ukubuya okungenziwa.

YINI INKONDLO? ngu-Octavio Paz

Izinkondlo ulwazi, insindiso, amandla, ukulahlwa. Umsebenzi okwazi ukuguqula umhlaba, imisebenzi yezinkondlo iyinguquko ngokwemvelo; ukuzivocavoca ngokomoya kuyindlela yenkululeko yangaphakathi. Izinkondlo zembula lo mhlaba; dala enye. Isinkwa sabakhethiweyo; ukudla okuqalekisiwe. Ukuzihlukanisa ihlanganisa. Isimemo sohambo; buyela ezweni lakubo. Ukuphefumulelwa, ukuphefumula, ukuvivinya umzimba. Umkhuleko ongenalutho, inkhulumomphendvulwano ngokungabikho: isithukuthezi, usizi nokuphelelwa yithemba kukuphakele. Umkhuleko, i-litany, i-epiphany, ubukhona. Ukukhipha amadlozi, iziphonso, imilingo. Sublimation, isinxephezelo, ukufingqa kokuquleka. Ukuvezwa okungokomlando kwezinhlanga, izizwe, nezigaba. Wenqaba umlando: ngaphakathi kwawo zonke izingxabano ezihlosiwe ziyaxazululwa futhi ekugcineni umuntu uyazi ukuthi ungokuthile okungaphezu kokuhamba kuphela. Isipiliyoni, umuzwa, umuzwa, umuzwa, ukucabanga okungaqondisiwe. Ndodakazi yenhlanhla; isithelo sokubala. Ubuciko bokukhuluma ngendlela ephakeme; ulimi lwakudala. Ukulalela imithetho; ukudalwa kwabanye. Ukulingiswa kwabasendulo, ikhophi yento yangempela, ikhophi lekhophi ye-Idea. Umsangano, injabulo, amalogo. Emuva ebuntwaneni, ukuya ocansini, isifiso sepharadesi, isihogo, i-limbo. Dlala, sebenza, wenze umsebenzi wokuzincisha. Ukuvuma izono. Isipiliyoni se-Innate. Umbono, umculo, uphawu. I-analogy: inkondlo ingumnenke lapho umculo womhlaba uzwakala futhi amamitha nemilolozelo kungezona izincwadi, ama-echoes, wokuvumelana komhlaba wonke. Ukufundisa, isimilo, isibonelo, isambulo, umdanso, inkhulumomphendvulwano, i-monologue Izwi labantu, ulimi lwabakhethiweyo, igama labanesizungu. Okumsulwa nokungcolile, okungcwele nokuqalekisiwe, okuthandwayo nokuncane, okuqoqiwe nokwangasese, okugqokile nokugqokile, okukhulunywayo, okupendiwe, okubhaliwe, kukhombisa bonke ubuso kepha kukhona labo abaqinisekisa ukuthi abunabo: inkondlo imaskhi kufihla ubuze, ubufakazi obuhle bobukhulu obungadingekile bawo wonke umsebenzi womuntu!