UGertrudis Gómez de Avellaneda wazalelwa phakathi Camaguey, ECuba, ngosuku olufana nanamuhla ngo-1814. Lapho eneminyaka engama-22 weza eYurophu nomndeni wakhe lapho aqala khona ukuhlala khona EFrance. Kamuva bafika España, lapho aqala khona ukushicilela ngaphansi kwegama lomlobi elithi La Peregrina. EMadrid washicilela incwadi yakhe yokuqala, Izinkondlo, futhi wayenempilo ematasa kakhulu. Imisebenzi eminingi yayikhona IBaroness de Joux, Umnikelo KaDeveli o I-aura emhlophe. Enkumbulweni yakhe lokhu ukukhethwa kwamanethi kukhethiwe.
UGertrudis Gómez de Avellaneda - Amasonethi
Ekuncengeni
I-Sea Pearl! Inkanyezi yaseNtshonalanga!
Cuba enhle! Isibhakabhaka sakho esikhanyayo
ubusuku busibekela ngeveyili lalo elingabonakali kahle,
ukuthi ubuhlungu busibekela kanjani ebunzini lami elidabukile.
Ngiyahamba!… Isixuku esikhuthele,
ukungidabula enhlabathini yomdabu
useyili uphakamisa, futhi ukulungele ukuvuka
umoya ohelezayo uvela endaweni yakho evuthayo.
Farewell, izwe elihle, Edeni othandekayo!
Nomaphi lapho isiphetho ngokufutheka kwawo kungithinta khona,
igama lakho elimnandi liyothopha indlebe yami!
Sala kahle! ... Ikhandlela le-turgid selivele liyakhanya ...
ihange liyaphakama ... umkhumbi, unyakaziswe,
amagagasi amafushane futhi athule andiza.
Ezinkanyezini
Kuthula kubusa: kukhanya kukho kokubili
Izibani zokuthula, izinkanyezi ezimsulwa,
Ngobusuku obujabulisayo izibani ezinhle,
Wembathisa ingubo yakhe yokulila ngegolide.
Ubumnandi bulala, kepha ukuphuka kwami kuyabukela,
Futhi izikhalazo zami ziphula ukuthula,
Ukubuyisa i-echo, ngokuhlangana nabo,
Izinyoni zasebusuku ingoma embi.
Izinkanyezi ezinokukhanya okulingene nokumsulwa
Okulwandle kuphinda isibuko esiluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka!
Uma uhanjiswa umunyu
Ngobuhlungu obukhulu engikhala ngabo,
Ngikhanyisa kanjani ubusuku bami obumnyama
Awunawo umaye! hhayi ukubonakaliswa okuphaphathekile?
Elangeni ngosuku lwangoDisemba
Kubusa ezulwini. Ilanga, ukubusa, nokuvutha
ngomphefumulo wakho ngishisa isifuba sami esikhathele!
ngaphandle kokukhanya, ngaphandle kwe-verve, okucindezelwe, okuncane,
imisebe ilangazelela ilangabi lakho elivuthayo.
Ngethonya lakho elijabulisayo utshani buhluma;
iqhwa liwela ekukhanyeni kwakho okungenziwanga:
Phuma ebusika buqinile naphezu,
inkosi yesigcawu, ilanga: izwi lami liyakubiza!
Kusukela emasimini ajabulisayo embhedeni wami
etholwe emisebeni yakho ingcebo,
inhlanhla ingisusa ingunaphakade:
ngaphansi kwesinye isibhakabhaka, kwelinye izwe ngiyakhala,
lapho inkungu ingicindezela khona, ngenisa ...
Phuma uphule, ilanga, ngiyakuncenga!
Isifiso sokuziphindiselela
Ngesiphepho somoya esinamandla,
ukudelela njengosizi olunginyakazisayo!
Woza, okwakho ukufutheka kwami kuyangijabulisa!
Woza nomoya wakho ukuze uvuthe ingqondo yami!
Vumela umbani uqhume futhi uqhume,
ngenkathi - efana neqabunga elomile noma imbali ebunile-
ukushaya kwakho okunamandla esihlahleni se-okhi.
ephukile yaphuka emfuleni ogqumayo!
Ngomphefumulo okuncenga futhi akuphelekezele,
umona amandla akho okubhubhisa,
iphonsa ndawonye ukudideka okuyinqaba.
Woza ... ebuhlungwini obudliwa ngumsangano
yenza ulaka lwakho olunamandla lwenzeke,
nokukhala okumile okukhala ubugwala!
Ukuhlukunyezwa kothando
Uyajabula oseduze kwakho okububula ngawe,
ozwa ukunanela kwezwi lakho elihlabayo,
othanda ukuncoma kwakho ukuhleka
nephunga elimnandi lokuphefumula kwakho lihogela!
UVentura kakhulu, ubabaza kanjani umona
ikherubi elihlala empi,
umphefumulo uyakhathazeka, inhliziyo iyadla,
futhi indlela yokuphimisa lapho uyiveza iphela.
Phambi kwamehlo ami umhlaba uyanyamalala
futhi ngemithambo yami kukhanya isiyingi
Ngizwa umlilo wothando olujulile.
Kuthukile, ngifuna ukumelana nawe ngeze.
Ngigcwalisa isihlathi sami ngezinyembezi ezivuthayo.
Delirium, injabulo, ngiyakubusisa futhi ngiyafa!
Iphutha lami
Ukukhathazeka ubuze bakho kuyize
qagela ububi obungihluphayo;
Ngeze, umngani wami, wanyakaza, uyazama
yembula izwi lami ebumnandini bakho.
Ukulangazelela, ubuhlanya bungachazwa
uthando olubasa ngalo imililo yalo ...
Kwangathi ubuhlungu, intukuthelo enamandla kakhulu,
khipha umlomo wakhe ngomunyu wakhe ...
Ngaphezu kokusho ukungakhululeki kwami okujulile,
alitholi izwi lami, umcabango wami, ophakathi,
futhi lapho ngiphenya ngemvelaphi yayo ngiyadideka:
kepha bubi obubi kakhulu, obungenalo ikhambi,
okwenza impilo ibe nenzondo, umhlaba ube nenzondo,
eyomisa inhliziyo ... Noma kunjalo, isithukuthezi!