Ithuna laseLuis de Camoes. Isithombe (c) uBrian Snelson. I-Flickr.
U-Luis de Camoes uyimbongi yezwe lasePortugal. Namuhla okusha isikhumbuzo sokufa kwakhe en Lisboa en 1580, nalapho ayehlala khona. Umsebenzi wakhe owaziwayo wezinkondlo uwukuthi AbakwaLusiads, kodwa futhi wabhala amahlaya amathathu waseshashalazini. Ngokuphila okujule kakhulu phakathi kwenkantolo, ijele nokuhamba, ekupheleni kwezinsuku zakhe wayehlala ebumpofu futhi egula. Enkumbulweni yakhe Ngigqamisa lezi zinkondlo ezi-4.
ULuis de Camoes
Kukholakala ukuthi wazalelwa ngaphakathi Lisboa ngo-1524 nokuthi wafunda e-University of I-Coimbra. Wathuthela eLisbon ngo-1542, lapho ayehlala khona enkantolo yenkosi UJohn iii, lapho enza khona ubuhlakani bakhe bezinkondlo baziwa. Kodwa kwakudingeka aye ekudingisweni ngenxa yokuqomisana.
Ngo-1547 waqala eyakhe umsebenzi wezempi kwathi ngo-1550 wabuyela eLisbon, lapho waphinde waba nezinkinga futhi waboshelwa i Ukulwa emgwaqweni. Ngemuva kokuhamba ngemuva kweminyaka emithathu, wahamba India, wasinda lapho kuphahlazeka umkhumbi wabuyela eLisbon ngo-1570.
Indikimba enkulu yezinkondlo zakhe yiyona ukungqubuzana phakathi kothando oluvutha inkanuko kanye nenjongo enhle kaPlato zothando lomoya. Vuliwe AbakwaLusiads, umsebenzi wakhe odume kakhulu, wadumisa ukuxhashazwa kwamadodana ka ILusus, amaPutukezi, kodwa futhi kukhombisa intukuthelo ngenxa yezenzo ezinonya zobukoloniyali basePortugal. Lokho okufanayo ithoni engenathemba ihlala kumculo wayo. Wayengumbhali futhi amahlaya amathathu: Umgcini, INkosi uSeleucus y UPhilodemu.
Izinkondlo eziyi-4
Ngifuna ukuhamba, mama
Ngifuna ukuhamba, mama,
kulowo gali,
nomatilosi
ukuba ngumatilosi.
Mama, uma ngihamba,
noma yini engiyifunayo,
Angiyifuni
uThando uyayifuna.
Leyo ngane enolaka
kungenza ngife
ngomatilosi
ukuba ngumatilosi.
Lowo, ongenza noma yini,
mama, ngeke,
Kahle kahle umphefumulo uyahamba
vumela umzimba uhlale.
Naye, engimufelayo
Ngiyahamba, ngoba angifi:
ukuthi uma eyitilosi,
Ngizoba itilosi.
Kungumthetho wobushiqela
lomfana mnumzane
lokho ngothando
inkosi ilahliwe.
Kahle ngale ndlela
Ngifuna ukuhamba, ngifuna,
ngomatilosi
ukuba ngumatilosi.
Isho amagagasi, nini
ngabe ugqokise intombi,
ubumnene futhi muhle,
hamba ukuphequlula?
Kepha okungalindelekile
da leyo ngane enolaka?
Bona ukuthi ngifuna ubani:
kube olwandle.
***
Amehlo, ungizwisile ubuhlungu
Amehlo, ungilimazile,
qeda ukungibulala;
ngaphezulu, ufile, ungibuke futhi,
ngoba uyangivusa.
Awu, unginike isilonda esinje
befuna ukungibulala,
ukufa kuyinhlanhla kimi,
Yebo, ngokufa unginikeza impilo.
Amehlo, ume ngani?
Qeda ukungibulala manje;
ngaphezulu, ufile, ungibuke futhi,
ngoba uyangivusa.
Isilonda, kwesokudla, sesivele singesami,
nakuba, amehlo, ungafuni;
kepha uma ungibulala,
ukufa kuyintokozo kimi.
Futhi-ke ngithi qeda,
oh amehlo, vele angibulale;
ngaphezulu, ufile, ungibuke futhi,
ngoba uyangivusa.
***
Ukubona ubuhle bakho, oh sithandwa sami
Ukubona ubuhle bakho, oh sithandwa sami,
emehlweni ami ukondliwa okumnandi kakhulu,
umcabango wami uphakeme kakhulu
Sengivele ngilazi izulu emoyeni wakho.
Futhi kakhulu umhlaba ngilahlekile
ukuthi angilinganisi lutho ekuthobeleni kwakho,
futhi ungene ekucabangeni ngokumangala kwakho
Ngithulile, kuhle kwami, futhi ngiyahlanya.
Usibhekile, Ntokazi, ngiyadideka,
kuwo wonke umuntu ocabanga ukupela kwakho
ngithi awukwazi umusa wakho omuhle.
Ngoba umhlaba ubona ubuhle obuningi kuwe
ukuthi akummangazi ukubona ukuthi ngubani owakwenza
Ungumbhali wezulu nezinkanyezi.
***
Izikhathi nentando kuyashintsha
Izikhathi nezintando ziyashintsha;
Ukuba yizinguquko, ukwethemba kuyashintsha;
umhlaba wakhiwe ngokuhamba
njalo ethatha izimfanelo ezintsha.
Sihlala sibheka izindaba
ukwehluka kukho konke ukuba nethemba;
kusukela kokubi kuhlala kuyisijeziso ebulungwini;
futhi kwabahle, uma bekhona, ama-saudade.
Isikhathi siphenduka ukumboza ngengubo eluhlaza
isigodi lapho kukhanya khona iqhwa:
iculo elifanayo liyakhala kimi.
Futhi, ngaphandle kwalolu shintsho losuku ngalunye,
Ukuhamba, kukhona okunye ukwesaba okukhulu:
ukuthi akasanyakazi njengakuqala.