Robert Louis Stevenson Ngazalwa ngosuku olufana nanamuhla kusukela 1850 en Edinburgh. Bekuyi umbhali wamanoveli, umbhali wezindaba nezimbongi, futhi eminye yemisebenzi iye yaba izincwadi zakudala hhayi kuphela ingane nentsha, kepha yonke iminyaka. Umbhali wezihloko ze-adventure zomhlaba jikelele njenge ITreasure Island, Umcibisholo Omnyama, INkosi yaseBallantree o UDkt Jeckyll noMnu Hyde, waphila impilo emnandi ngokulinganayo. Namuhla, nokho, ngifuna ukumkhumbula ngesakhe isici esaziwa kakhulu somculo esinezinkondlo ezi-4 okhethwe emsebenzini wakhe.
Robert Louis Stevenson
Indodana kanjiniyela, naye wafunda lo msebenzi futhi Kwesokudla kamuva e-Edinburgh. Kepha bekulokhu kuzwakala njalo ukhangwa yizincwadi futhi wanquma ukuzinikela kuye. Wakwenza kahle kangangoba eminyakeni embalwa waba omunye wababhali ababaluleke kakhulu besikhathi sakhe.
Ukuthandwa kwakhe kwakususelwa ikakhulu ezinhlelweni ezithokozisayo zamanoveli akhe amafantasy nama-adventure. Kodwa futhi wayehlakulela izinkondlo izingane (Ingadi yamavesi ezingane) nabantu abadala. Lezi yizinkondlo ezi-4 ezikhethwe emsebenzini wakhe womculo.
Izinkondlo eziyi-4
Ujinga
Ngabe uthanda ukukwazi ukushwiba
futhi ukhuphuke, wehle ...?
Ngenye yezinto ezijabulisa kakhulu
ingane engayenza!
Ukuzinika umfutho ngiyabusa engadini
futhi ngibona lapho buqamama
imifula nezintaba, izinkomo futhi, ekugcineni,
yini ekhona kulawo madolobha.
Ngiyehla ngemuva futhi lapho ngiya phansi ngiyabona
utshani emhlabathini,
Ngidlula emoyeni, ngiyaziphusha futhi
Futhi ngiyakhuphuka, bese ngehla, bese ngiyandiza!
Ngelinye ilanga siyathandana
Phakathi kwehlozi lamajikijolo neziqhingi zemihlanga, njengasemhlabeni okwakuyisibhakabhaka kuphela, isibhakabhaka esiguqukile, isikebhe sothando lwethu sashibilika. Kukhanya njengosuku amehlo akho, ekhazimula umfudlana ugeleza futhi isibhakabhaka esikhulu futhi saphakade besikhanya.
Lapho inkazimulo ifa kusihlwa segolide, inyanga ekhazimulayo yenyuka, futhi egcwele izimbali ekhaya sabuyela. Imisebe ekhanyayo ibingamehlo akho ngalobo busuku, besiphile, oh sithandwa sami, besikade sithandile.
Manje iqhwa ligubuzela umfula wethu, nobumhlophe bawo iqhwa limboze isiqhingi sethu, futhi eduze komlilo wasebusika uJoan noDarby bayazumeza futhi baphuphe. Kodwa-ke, ephusheni, umfula ugeleza futhi isikebhe sothando sisaqhubeka nokuhamba.
Lalela umsindo wesigwedlo esika amanzi aso. Futhi ngezikhathi zantambama zasebusika lapho amaphupho amafantasy ekuqhumeni kweziko, ezindlebeni zabathandi bakudala umfula wothando lwabo ucula emhlangeni.
Hawu sthandwa sami, masithande okwedlule ngoba ngelinye ilanga sasijabule, nangelinye ilanga sithandana.
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Umzimba wami ungumbhoshongo wami
Umzimba wami, okuyisiboshwa sami,
futhi kungamapaki ami nezigodlo zami.
Mikhulu kangangokuba ngihlala ngikhona,
usuku lonke, kusuka kolunye uhlangothi kuya kolunye, kancane;
futhi lapho ubusuku buqala ukuna
embhedeni wami, ngilele,
ngenkathi ibhilidi lonke liphakama,
sengathi ingane yasendle,
kusihlwa uyakumkhohlisa, asuke endleleni yakhe,
(ngokuzula, ngolunye usuku ehlobo
ngemithambeka yentaba, futhi wakhuphuka)
usalele entabeni yakhe;
Mude kakhulu, uzacile, uphelele,
ukuthi lapho, emikhakheni yaphakade yomoya,
ukucabanga kwami kuphakama njengekhayithi.
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Ngaphandle kobubele singena ebusuku
Ngaphandle kobubele singena ebusuku
eshiya idili elinomsindo, ehamba lapho ehamba
ukuthuthumela ekukhunjweni kwabantu,
ilula, imnandi, intekenteke njengomculo.
Izici zobuso, amathoni wezwi,
ukuthintwa kwesandla esithandekayo, konke, ngokulandelana,
ziyoshabalala ziphele emhlabeni:
ngenkathi, ehholo, isixuku sihalalisela utolika omusha.
Kepha omunye umuntu angathatha isikhashana ukuthi ahambe
futhi, ukumomotheka, enhliziyweni yakho endala khumbula
kulabo osekukade bakhohlwa.
Futhi kusasa, naye, uzothatha umhlalaphansi aye kolunye uhlangothi lwesihenqo.
Ngakho-ke isikhathi, esizobe sisha kwabanye, siyasikhohlwa futhi siqhubeke.
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