USylvia Plath wazalwa ngo-Okthoba 27, 1932 e Boston. Imbongi, ibuye yabhala iprozi nezindatshana. Ngibe ne- impilo eyinkimbinkimbi, enezinkinga zengqondo kusukela ebusheni bakhe nobuntu obucindezelekile. Futhi ikusasa lakhe labonakala lapho ehlukanisa nomyeni wakhe. Kepha sigubha i- usuku lokuzalwa kwakhe futhi inkumbulo enhle kakhulu ukufunda ezinye zezinkondlo zakhe. Yilaba engibakhethileyo.
USylvia Plath
Washicilela eyakhe inkondlo yokuqala nge kuphela iminyaka eyisishiyagalombili futhi waqhubeka nokubhala izindaba namavesi awathumelela omagazini abahlukahlukene, okwamvumela ukuba abe nempumelelo yakhe yokuqala. Maphakathi no-50s, nangesikhathi ngangivele ngiphethwe yizimbalwa ukuphazamiseka kwengqondo, waphothula eSmith College. Kepha ngaphambi kokudlula esibhedlela sabagula ngengqondo ngokuzama ukuzibulala.
Uthole i- Isifundi seFulbright futhi wayeseYunivesithi yaseCambridge, lapho aqhubeka khona nomsebenzi wakhe wokubhala. Lapho wahlangana UTed uyangana, ashada naye waba nezingane ezimbili. Kodwa umshado wahlukana ngenxa eyodwa ukungathembeki lomyeni wakhe. Kuleso simo, kunezingane ezimbili eziphethe, zigula futhi zinemali encane, i- ukuzibulala kwabuyela kuye. Futhi lapho eseneminyaka engamashumi amathathu kuphela ubudala, wathatha impilo yakhe ngokuminyaniswa uphethiloli.
Imisebenzi yakhe ifaka iziqu ezinjenge Umbala omkhulu, Ukuwela amanzi, Izihlahla zasebusika o Imbiza yensimbi. Uthole ifayela le- Umklomelo wePulitzer ngo-1982, njengoba ngemuva kokufa, yabo Qedela izinkondlo.
Izinkondlo
Amagama
Izimbazo
Izinkuni zizwakala emva kogwayi lukabani,
Futhi ama-echoes!
Kunanela ukubuyela emuva
Kusuka maphakathi njengamahhashi.
I-SAP
Ivuvukala njengezinyembezi, njenge
Ukuhluza kwamanzi
Ngokusetha kabusha isibuko sakho
Edwaleni
Lokho kuyawa kuphenduke
Ukhakhayi olumhlophe,
Kudliwa lukhula.
Ngemuva kweminyaka
Ngihlangana nabo endleleni -
Amagama awomile ngaphandle komgibeli.
Umsindo ongakhathali wezinselo.
Ngesikhathi
Kusukela phansi komthombo, izinkanyezi ezingaguquki
Babusa impilo.
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Ukuphikisana
Uma inyanga imomotheka, bekuyobukeka njengawe.
Ushiya umbono ofanayo
Wento enhle kakhulu, kodwa ebhubhisayo.
Bobabili banekhono kakhulu ekukhanyeni kokuboleka.
Umlomo wakhe e-O ulilela umhlaba; okwakho akunakunyakaziswa,
Futhi isipho sakho sokuqala ukuguqula konke kube ngamatshe.
Ngivuka emangcwabeni; usukhona,
Ukushaya iminwe yami etafuleni lemabula, ngifuna osikilidi,
Ubudlwangudlwangu njengowesifazane, kepha hhayi njengovalo,
Futhi ngifa ukusho into engaphenduleki.
Inyanga nayo yehlisa izikhonzi zayo,
Kepha emini kuyahlekisa.
Ukunganeliseki kwakho, ngakolunye uhlangothi,
Bafika ngebhokisi leposi njalo ngothando,
Imhlophe futhi ayinalutho, inwebekile njengekhabhoni monoxide.
Alukho usuku oluphephile ezindabeni zakho,
Ngokudlula e-Afrika, mhlawumbe, kodwa ucabanga ngami.
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Ngime mpo
Ngingathanda ukuthi ngibe ovundlile.
Angisona isihlahla esinezimpande ezijulile
emhlabeni, ukucekela amaminerali nothando lukamama,
ngakho-ke kukhula kabusha kusuka ngoMashi kuya kuMashi,
shining, noma ukuziqhenya kwe-parterre
okumhlophe kokubabaza ukumemeza, kupendwe kakhulu,
futhi mayelana, angikunaki, kokulahlekelwa amacembe alo.
Uma kuqhathaniswa nami akafi
umuthi, nezimbali ezinesibindi:
Ngingathanda unyaka owodwa, ubudedengu babanye.
Namuhla, ngokukhanya okuncane kakhulu
wezinkanyezi, izihlahla nezimbali
basakaze ubusha babo obukhulu.
Ngihamba phakathi kwabo, abangiboni, lapho ngilala
kwesinye isikhathi ngicabanga ukuthi ngiyabahlanganisa
kunanini ngaphambili: ingqondo yami iyehla.
Kuyinto ejwayelekile, yabalingisi. Izulu
futhi ngaba nengxoxo evulekile, ngakho-ke ngizoba nayo
ilusizo ngokwengeziwe lapho ekugcineni ngizihlanganisa nomhlaba.
Isihlahla nembali kuzongithinta, ungibone.
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Espejo
Ngiyisiliva futhi ngiqondile. Ukungacwasi.
Futhi ngibona kangakanani ngiphuza ngaphandle kokulibala
njengoba nje kunjalo, kuhambisane nothando noma inzondo.
Anginonya, ngineqiniso nje:
iso lesikwele likankulunkulu omncane.
Odongeni oluphambene ngidlulisa isikhathi
ukuzindla: okubomvana. Kade ngangimbheka isikhathi eside
leyo yingxenye yenhliziyo yami. Kepha kuyanyakaza.
Ubuso nobumnyama kuyasihlukanisa
okungapheli. Manje sengiyichibi. Vala
phezu kwami owesifazane, funa ukufinyelela kwami.
Phendukela kulezo zikhanyikhanyi ezingamanga
lwenyanga. Umhlane wakho ngiwubona, ngokuthembeka
Ngiyayikhombisa. Ungikhokhela ngezinyembezi
nokushukuma komzimba. Uyakhathala. Afike adlule.
Ubuso bakhe nobusuku buyashintsha
ekuseni. Ngangicwilisiwe intombazane futhi ngimdala