Constantine Kavafis wafa e-Alexandria ngo-April 29, 1933 lapho naye azalelwa khona. Wayehlala e-Istanbul futhi wayebhekwa njenge- imbongi yesizwe ka Greece. Waduma ngokuphikisana nezindinganiso zobuKristu ezingokwesiko, izimiso zokuziphatha zokuhlukana kwabantu bobulili obuhlukile, ubuzwe, nokushisekela izwe. Enye yezinkondlo zakhe ezaziwa kakhulu yilena Ithaca, okuyingxenye ye ukukhetha okukhethiwe ukuyikhumbula noma ukuyithola.
Constantine Kavafis - Izinkondlo
Ekushoneni kwelanga
Noma ngabe yikuphi, lezo zinto bezingeke zihlale isikhathi eside.
Okuhlangenwe nakho kweminyaka kukufundisa kanjalo.
Kodwa konke kwashintsha kanjani kungazelelwe.
Yayimfushane impilo emnandi.
Kodwa yeka amakha anamandla,
sawela emibhedeni emihle,
kuziphi izinjabulo esazinika imizimba yethu.
I-echo yalezo zinsuku zenjabulo,
isandiso salezo zinsuku sabuyela kimi.
umlotha womlilo wobusha bethu;
Ezandleni zami ngayithatha futhi incwadi,
futhi ngafunda futhi ngaphinda ngafunda kwaze kwaba yilapho kufiphala ukukhanya.
Futhi nge-melancholically ngaphuma ngaya kuvulandi,
Ngaphuma ukuze ngiphazamise imicabango yami ngibheka
idolobha elincane engilithandayo,
ukuphithizela kancane kwemigwaqo yakhona nezitolo zakhona.
Emnyango we-cafe
Kukhona abakusho eduze kwami
ngiqondise ukunaka kwami emnyango we-cafe.
Futhi ngabona umzimba omuhle owawubonakala
sengathi uThando uluqambe ngokuphelelisa kwalo
isipiliyoni -
balolonge izimo zabo ezivumelanayo ngenjabulo,
ukukhulisa isiqu ngendlela ebaziwe;
eveza ubuso ngomzwelo
futhi ehamba ngokuthinta izandla zakhe
umuzwa esiphongweni, emehlweni, nasezindebeni.
ngokusemandleni akho
Futhi uma ungakwazi ukwenza impilo yakho ngendlela ofisa ngayo,
kulokhu okungenani yenza umzamo
ngokusemandleni akho: ungamehlisi
ukuxhumana nabantu ngokweqile,
ekuphithizeleni nasezingxoxweni eziningi.
Ungamehlisi isithunzi ngokumthatha,
emletha njalo emveza
ekuxabaneni kwansuku zonke
yezinkampani nobudlelwano,
kuze kube nzima njengomuntu ongamazi.
Isibuko emnyango
Isithabathaba somuzi esicebile sasisemnyango
isibuko esikhulu, esidala kakhulu,
ithengwe okungenani eminyakeni engamashumi ayisishiyagalombili ngaphambili.
Insizwa enhle kakhulu, eqashwe lapho umthungi
(ngamaSonto, umsubathi oyimfundamakhwela),
wayekhona nephasela. wayinikela
othile endlini, wamngenisa endlini
ukuletha irisidi. Umabhalane womthungi
wasala yedwa elindile.
Waqonda esibukweni wazibuka.
walungisa uthayi wakhe. ngemizuzu emihlanu
balethe irisidi. Wayithatha wahamba.
Kodwa isibuko esidala esasibone okuningi futhi okuningi,
phakathi neminyaka eminingi yokuphila kwayo,
izinkulungwane zezinto nobuso,
kodwa isibuko esidala sase sijabule
futhi wazizwa eziqhenya ngokuzitholela yena
ubuhle obuphelele imizuzwana embalwa.
ilanga lantambama
Lesi siqeshana, ukuthi ngikwazi kangakanani.
Manje seyiqashisiwe futhi naleyo eseceleni
amahhovisi ezentengiselwano. Indlu yonke yashintsha
emahhovisi abadayisi, nabahwebi, nezinkampani.
Ah lesi siqeshana, indlela engijwayele ngayo.
Eduze nomnyango nanku usofa,
futhi phambi kwakhe umata waseTurkey;
eduze kweshalofu elinamavazi amabili aphuzi.
Ngakwesokudla, cha, ngaphambili, ikhabethe elinesibuko.
Phakathi nendawo, itafula lapho abhala khona;
kanye nezihlalo ezintathu ezinkulu ezinezintambo ezinezintambo.
Eduze kwefasitela kwakunombhede
lapho sithandana izikhathi eziningi
Endaweni ethile lezozinto ezimpofu kufanele zibe khona.
Eduze kwefasitela kwakunombhede.
Ilanga lantambama lafika kuye phakathi.
Ngelinye ilanga ntambama, ngehora lesine, sase sihlukene
isonto elilodwa kuphela… Maye kimi,
lelo sonto kwaba phakade.
Ithaca
Lapho usuka ohambweni lwakho oluya e-Ithaca
Icela indlela ibe yinde,
egcwele ezamehlela, egcwele isipiliyoni.
Ungawesabi amaLaestrygonians noma amaCyclops
noma i-Poseidon ethukuthele,
abantu abanjalo awusoze wabathola endleleni yakho,
uma ukucabanga kwakho kuphakeme, uma ukhetha
yimizwa ethinta umoya wakho nomzimba wakho.
Noma amaLaystrygians noma amaCyclops
futhi ngeke uthole i-Poseidon yasendle,
uma ungazifaki emphefumulweni wakho,
uma umphefumulo wakho ungazibeki phambi kwakho.
Icela indlela ibe yinde.
Kwangathi kungaba khona ukusa kwehlobo okuningi
lapho ufika - ngenjabulo nenjabulo engakanani!-
emachwebeni angakaze abonwe ngaphambili.
Yima endaweni yaseFenike
futhi uthole okuthengiswayo okuhle,
unina weparele namakhorali, inhlaka ne-ebony
nazo zonke izinhlobo zamakha avusa inkanuko,
amakha amaningi enkanuko ongakwenza.
Hamba emadolobheni amaningi aseGibhithe
ukufunda, ukufunda kwabahlakaniphileyo babo.
Ngaso sonke isikhathi gcina i-Ithaca engqondweni yakho.
Ukufika lapho uya khona.
Kodwa ungalinge ulujahe uhambo.
Kungcono ihlale iminyaka eminingi
kanye nedokodo, elidala manje, esiqhingini,
kucetshiswe ngokuthi uzuze malini endleleni
ngaphandle kokubekezelela Ithaca ekucebisa.
I-Ithaca ikunikeze uhambo oluhle kangaka.
Ngaphandle kwakhe ngabe awuzange uhambe endleleni.
Kodwa akasenalutho azokunika lona.
Noma umthola empofu, u-Ithaca akakukhohlisi.
Ngakho-ke, njengoba usuhlakaniphe, unolwazi oluningi,
uzoqonda ukuthi ama-Ithacas asho ukuthini.
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