Octavio Paz ushonile usuku olufana nanamuhla lwe 1998 en I-Coyoacán, EMexico, izwe lokuzalwa kwakhe. Okukodwa kwe izimbongi ezidume kakhulu nezaziwayo zaseLatin America, bekubuye kube umlobi omkhulu wezindaba. Bamnikeze i- Umklomelo kaNobel Ezincwadini en 1990. Enkumbulweni yakhe ngiyalulama 6 izinkondlo yomsebenzi wakhe obanzi futhi ohlukahlukene kakhulu owakha amaqoqo amaningi ezinkondlo nezincwadi zama-eseyi.
Octavio Paz
Ekuqaleni 30s ushicilele eyakhe izinkondlo zokuqala emagazini Ukuthuka. Futhi kamuva uzophinde aqondise ezinye ezifana Kude o Ndodana yolahleko, owayesevele eseminyakeni yama-40. Evakashele eSpain, wasebenzelana nezifundiswa zase-republic futhi futhi Pablo Neruda, okwaba namathonya amakhulu emsebenzini wakhe. Kuseshumini leminyaka lika ama-50s lapho eshicilela Iziqu ezingama-4 kubalulekile: Ngoshwele, ILabyrinth of Solitude, Ukhozi noma ilanga?, futhi Umnsalo nehabhu. Futhi phakathi kwezincwadi zakhe ze-eseyi kufanele ukugqamisa, ukunikeza izibonelo ezithile, I-Quadrivium, Ama-toponemes, Kudlule kucace o Ilangabi elikabili. e 1981 ithole i- Umklomelo weCervantes.
Izinkondlo eziyi-6
I-Sonnet III
Yenjabulo eluhlaza yezulu
izibani uyalulama ukuthi inyanga ilahlekelwe
ngoba ukukhanya kukodwa kuyakhumbula
umbani nezintwasahlobo ezinweleni zakho.
Umoya uphuza umoya ekuyaluzeni kwawo,
hambisa amaqabunga nemvula yawo eluhlaza
manzi amahlombe akho, ukuluma kwakho emuva
futhi likukhumule bese lisha bese libuya yelo.
Imikhumbi emibili enoseyili obuhlanganisiwe
amabele akho amabili. Umhlane wakho uyisifufula.
Isisu sakho yinsimu ekhathazekile.
Kusekwindla entanyeni yakho: ilanga nenkungu.
Ngaphansi kwesibhakabhaka esiluhlaza
umzimba wakho unikeza isamba sothando lwawo.
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Phakathi kokuhamba nokuhlala
Phakathi kokushiya nokuhlala ungabaza usuku,
ngothando lokusobala kwayo.
Intambama eyindilinga isivele iyibhadi:
ekunyakazeni kwayo okusanyikinyikayo umhlaba uyazamazama.
Konke kuyabonakala futhi yonke into ayitholakali,
konke kusondele futhi yonke into ayithinteki.
Amaphepha, incwadi, ingilazi, ipensela
baphumula emthunzini wamagama abo.
Isikhathi esishaywayo esiphindaphindayo ethempelini lami
uhlamvu lwegazi olufanayo olunenkani.
Ukukhanya kwenza udonga lungabi nandaba
inkundla yemidlalo yokubukisa.
Maphakathi neso ngiyazithola;
Akangibuki, nami ngimbuka emehlweni
Isikhathi siyahlakazeka. Ngaphandle kokuhamba,
Ngihlala futhi ngiya: ngiyikhefu.
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Amehlo akho
Amehlo akho ayizwe
kombani nokudabuka,
ukukhuluma ukuthula,
izivunguvungu ezingenawo umoya,
ulwandle ngaphandle kwamagagasi, izinyoni eziboshiwe,
izilo zegolide ezingasebenzi,
itopazi elibi njengeqiniso,
ekwindla esigcawini sehlathi
lapho ukukhanya kucula khona ehlombe
kwesihlahla futhi wonke amaqabunga ayizinyoni,
ebhishi ngalolo suku ekuseni
thola amehlo aqoqene,
ibhasikidi lezithelo zomlilo,
amanga okuphakelayo,
izibuko zalomhlaba,
iminyango engaphesheya,
ukuzola kolwandle emini,
ukucwayiza ngokuphelele, ugwadule.
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Scribble
Ngenhlama yamalahle
ngoshoki wami ophukile nepensela lami elibomvu
dweba igama lakho
igama lomlomo wakho
uphawu lwemilenze yakho
odongeni lomuntu
Emnyango onqatshelwe
qopha igama lomzimba wakho
kuze kube yinsingo yami
igazi
futhi itshe liyamemeza
nodonga luphefumula njengesifuba
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Ukuthula
Kanye nesizinda somculo
kuhluma inothi
kuthi ngenkathi idlidliza ikhule ichume
kuze kube komunye umculo iba yisimungulu,
kuphuma entweni yokuthula
enye ukuthula, umbhoshongo obukhali, inkemba,
futhi ivuke ikhule futhi iyasimisa
futhi ngenkathi iphakama bayawa
izinkumbulo, amathemba,
amanga amancane namakhulu,
futhi sifuna ukumemeza nasemphinjeni
ukukhala kuyaphela:
sigelezela ekuthuleni
lapho kuthuliswa khona kuyisimungulu.
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Imizimba emibili
Izidumbu ezimbili ubuso nobuso
kwesinye isikhathi kuba amagagasi amabili
kanti ubusuku lulwandle.
Izidumbu ezimbili ubuso nobuso
kwesinye isikhathi zingamatshe amabili
nobusuku benkangala.
Izidumbu ezimbili ubuso nobuso
kwesinye isikhathi ziyizimpande
ebusuku kuxhunyiwe.
Izidumbu ezimbili ubuso nobuso
kwesinye isikhathi bayizinsingo
nobusuku bombani.
Izidumbu ezimbili ubuso nobuso
bayizinkanyezi ezimbili eziwayo
Esibhakabhakeni esingenalutho