UChristina Georgina Rossetti Washona ngosuku olunjenganamuhla ngo-1894 eLondon. Kwakungenye ye izimbongi ezinkulu zesiNgisi, nakuba udumo lwathathwa kakhulu ngumfowabo, naye oyimbongi nomdwebi UDante Gabriel Rossetti. Kodwa uChristina naye wagqama ngokufaneleka kwakhe izinkondlo zabanqobi kanye nenhlangano ye-Pre-Raphaelite. Lona ukukhethwa kwezinkondlo enkumbulweni yakho noma ukuyithola.
Christina Rossetti - Izinkondlo
Ubuhle buyize
Ngenkathi ama-roses abomvu
kuyilapho iminduze imhlophe kakhulu,
Ingabe owesifazane uzophakamisa izici zakhe
ukuletha injabulo nje?
Akamnandi njenge rose
umnduze uphakeme futhi uphaphathekile;
futhi uma ebomvu noma emhlophe
kungaba okukodwa nje kokuningi.
Uma ebomvu ehlobo lothando
loba ebusika bawo litsha.
uma ebukisa ngobuhle bakhe
noma ucasha ngemuva kokuphoxeka okungamanga,
ugqoka usilika omhlophe noma obomvu,
futhi ibukeka igwegwile noma njengokhuni oluqondile,
isikhathi njalo iwina umjaho
lokho kusifihla ngaphansi kwendwangu.
Bese bekhala
Kubukeka njengento elula ngezinye izikhathi
ngizizwe ngifisa ukucula ngelinye ilanga,
kodwa ngakusasa
asikwazi nokukhuluma.
Athule ngokweqiniso
ngenkathi ukuthula kuzinzile;
ngolunye usuku sizocula sobabili sithi
Athule, ubale isikhathi
ukuhlasela okwamanje:
lungiselela umsindo,
ukuphela kwethu kuseduze.
Asikwazi yini ukucula noma ukuziveza?
Masikhuleke-ke ngokuthula.
futhi uzindle ngengoma yethu yothando
sisalindile.
Ingoma
Sengifile sthandwa sami
Ungangiculeli izingoma ezidabukisayo
Ungatshali ama-roses etsheni lami lethuna
noma imisayipuresi efiphele;
Yiba utshani obuluhlaza kimi
ngamathonsi namazolo, ngimanzise.
Futhi uma ubunile, khumbula;
Futhi uma ubunile, khohlwa.
Angisafuni ukubona ithunzi,
Angeke ngisayizwa imvula.
Ngeke ngisayizwa i-nightingale
ecula ubuhlungu bakhe.
Nokuphupha kuhwalala
okungabeki futhi kunganciphi,
Ngenjabulo mhlawumbe ngiyakukhumbula
Futhi ngenjabulo mhlawumbe ngizokukhohlwa.
Isiqiniseko kuphela
Ize leze, kusho umshumayeli.
Zonke izinto ziyize.
Iso nendlebe akugcwaliswa
Ngezithombe nemisindo.
Njengamazolo okuqala, noma umoya
Iphaphathekile futhi kungazelelwe isuka emoyeni
Noma utshani bubunjwe entabeni.
Kanjalo nomuntu,
Ukuntanta phakathi kwethemba nokwesaba:
Zincane kangakanani izinjabulo zakho,
Yeka ukuthi kuncane, kumnyama kanjani!
Kuze kuphele zonke izinto
Othulini olunensayo lokukhohlwa.
Namuhla kuyafana nayizolo
Kusasa eyodwa yazo kufanele ibe;
Futhi akukho okusha phansi kwelanga;
Kuze kudlule uhlanga lwasendulo
I-hawthorn endala iyomila esiqwini sayo esikhathele;
Futhi ekuseni kuyoba kubanda, futhi ukuhwalala kuyoba grey.
Ngasolwandle
Kungani ulwandle lukhala kuze kube phakade?
Iphuma ezulwini iyamkhalisa
gqekeza umngcele wogu;
yonke imifula yomhlaba ayinakuwugcwalisa;
ulwandle lusaphuza, alusuthi.
Izimangaliso zomusa nje
bacambalele embhedeni abangawulindele.
anemones, usawoti, dispassionate
amacembe anezimbali; ephila ngokwanele
ukuvuthela wande, uphumelele.
Iminenke emihle enamajika, amaphuzu noma ama-spirals,
izinto eziphilayo ezishumekiwe njengamehlo ka-Argos,
zonke zinhle ngokulinganayo, kodwa azilingani,
bazalwa bengenabuhlungu, bafa bengenabuhlungu;
kanjalo badlule.
Khumbula
Ungikhumbule sengihambile
kude, ngasezweni elithule;
lapho isandla sami singasakwazi ukubamba,
ngisho nami, ngimanqikanqika ukuhamba, ngisafuna ukuhlala.
Ungikhumbule lapho usuku lungasekho,
lapho wangembulela khona ikusasa lethu elihleliwe:
ngikhumbuze nje, uyazi kahle,
lapho sekwephuzile kakhulu induduzo, imithandazo.
Futhi noma kufanele ungikhohlwe okwesikhashana
ukuze ungikhumbuze kamuva, ungazisoli:
ngoba ubumnyama nokonakala kuyahamba
umsalela wemicabango enganginayo:
kungcono ungikhohlwe bese uyamamatheka
ukuthi lingikhumbule ngokudabuka.
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