MWANA KUPONA...Poetess...Africa,my Africa!

NEGEMA "Come near me"

Negema wangu binti
Mchachefu wa sanati
Upulike wasiati
Asa ukazingatia.

Maradhi yamenishika
Hata yametimu mwaka
Sikupata kutamka
Neno lema kukwambia.

Alinioa babako
Kwafuraha na kicheko
Tusondoleane mbeko
Siku zote twalokaa.

Yalipokuya faradhi
Kanikariria radhi
Kashukuru kafawidhi
Moyo wangu katoshea.

Mwenye kutungo nudhumu
Ni bharibu mwenye hamu
Na ubora wa ithimu
Rabbi tamghufiria.

Ina lake mufahamu
Ni mtaraji karimu
Mwana kupona mshamu
Pate alikozaliwa.

Tarikhiye kwa yakini
Ni alifu wa miyateni
Hamsa wa sabini
Hizi zote hirijia.

Mwana Kupona binti Msham, ( 1790 - Pate island ; 1860 - Lamu island ) Africa.

"Come near me, my daughter
I am unworthy of God's award
Listen to my advice
May be you will follow it

I have fallen ill
It is a year now since I became sick
I have not taken time
To offer you advice.

Your father married me
In a joyous ceremony
We respected each other
All the days we lived together

When his fate came
He blessed me repeatedly
He thankfully and peacefully died
And I was contented in my heart.

The composer of this work
Is a sorrowful widow
The worst of her sins.
The lord will forgive

Her name, take note
She is
Mwana Kupona Mshamu
Born at Pate

The date
of the poem
is 1275
(A.H.ca 1858)"

Juan Wallparrimachi Mayta...Mamay...para ti...

Mamay - mi madre

Ima phuyun jaqay phuyu,

yanayasqaj wasaykamun?

mamaypaj waqayninchari

paraman tukuspa jamun.

"Qué nube puede ser aquella nube

que obscurecida se aproxima?

será tal vez el llanto de mi madre

que viene en lluvia convertido."

Tukuytapis inti k'anchan,

noqayllatas manapuni.

tukuypajpis kusi kawsan,

noqay waqaspallapuni.

"El sol alumbra a todos

menos a mí.

No falta dicha para nadie;

mas para mí solo hay dolor."

Pujyumanta aswan ashkata

má rejsispa waqarqani,

mana pipas pichaj kajtin

noqallataj mulip'urqani.

"Porque no pude conocerla

lloré más harto que la fuente,

y porque no hubo quien me asista

mis proprias lágrimas bebí."

Yakumanpis urmaykuni,

"Yaku, apallawayña", nispa.

Yakupis aqoykamuwan

"Riyraj, mask'amuyraj", nispa.

"También al agua me arrojé

queriendo que ella me arrastrara.

Pero el agua me echó a la orilla

diciéndome:"Anda aún a buscarla."

Paychus sonqoyta rikunman,

yawar qhochapi wayt'asqán,

khishkamanta jarap'asqa,

pay jinallataj waqasqan.

"Si ella viera mi corazón,

cómo nada en lago de sangre.

Envuelto en maraña de espinas,

lo mismo que ella está llorando."

Juan Wallparrimachi Mayta, sutiyuq runaqa ( 1793 watapi paqarisqa, 1814 watapi wañusca ), Qhichwa simillapi qillqaqsi karkqan. (poeta guerrillero, nació en el pueblo de Macha, provincia Chayanta del departmento de

HORACIO ...CARPE DIEM...para o Johnny!

Odes I,,11.8

Tu ne quaesieris, scire nefas, quem
mihi, quem tibi

finem di dederint, Leuconoe, nec
Babylonios

temptaris numeros, ut melius, quidquid
erit, pati.

seu pluris hiemes seu tribuit Iuppiter
ultimam,

quae nunc oppositis debilitat pumicibus
mare

Tyrrhenum:sapias, vina liques et
spatio brevi

spem longam reseces.dum loquimur,
fugerit invida

aetas:CARPE DIEM quam minimum
credula postero.

Quintus Horatius Flaccus, (Venusia - Apulia, 65 a.c. - 8 a.c. Roma)



"Não indagues muito:é cruel querer saber
que fim nos reservaram os deuses;nem
fiques consultando os números babilônios.
´Pode ser que Júpiter te conceda muitos invernos,
ou sómente este último, como expressa agora
o mar Tirreno ao bater nas rochas.
Sê sensato, bebe teu vinho e abrevia as longas esperanças,
pois o tempo foge enquanto aqui parlamos.
CURTE O DIA DE HOJE - não te fies no futuro!"

"Mejor será aceptar lo que venga,
ya sean muchos los inviernos que Júpiter
te conceda, o sea éste el último,
el que ahora hace que el mar Tirreno
rompa contra los opuestos cantiles.
No seas loca, filtra tus vinos
y adapta al breve espacio de tu vida
una esperanza larga.
Mientras hablamos, huye el tiempo envidioso.
VIVE EL DÍA DE HOY, no fíes del incierto mañana."

"Don't ask(it's forbidden to know)what final fate the gods
have

what end the gods will give me or you, Leuconoe.Don´t
play with Babylonian

fortune-telling either.It is better to endure whatever will
be.

Whether Jupiter has allotted to you many more winters or
this final one

which even now wears out the Tyrrhenian sea on the
rocks placed opposite

- be smart, drink your wine.Scale back your long hopes

to a short period.While we speak, envious time will have
(already)fled

SEIZE THE DAY and place no trust in tomorrow."

Li Qingzhao "as almas das poetizas são todas feitas de luz, como a dos astros:não ofuscam, iluminam..."

The flowers are all right

My sleep last night was troubled by a violent storm outside,
and when i work i still felt dizzy from the lingering effect of wine;
Anxiously i asked the maid who rolled up the bamboo curtains,
to my surprise came her reply, "the flowers are all right."
But that's impossible, and don't you know all would remain a scene,
of petals fallen and leaves of their company sorrowfully deprived!

Li Quingzhao, (1084 dc. - c. 1151 dc.), Licheng, China

Yeshua..."o meu nome não interessa..."...para ti...meu Irmão.

Abvum D'bashmaia

Abvum D'bashmaia
Netcádash shimóch
Teté malcutách una
Nehué tcevianách aicana d'bashimáia af b'arha
Hóvlan lácma d'suncanán iaomána
Uashbocan háubein uahtehín aicána dáf quinan shbuocán l'haiabéin
Uéla tahlan l'nesiúna, éla patssan min bixa
Metúl diláhie malcutá uaháila uateshbúcta láhlám,
Almín.

Yeshua, ( c.06 a.c. - c.30 d.c. ), Belém, Judéia.

En-hedu-Anna...margarida...para ti...

Hymnal prayer of En-hedu-anna to Inanna

Queen of all the me, Radiant Light,

Life-giving Woman, beloved of An (and) Urash,

Hierodule of An, much bejeweled,

Who loves the life-giving tiara, fit for en-ship,

Who grasps in (her) hand, the seven me,

My Queen, you who are the Guardian of All the Great me,

You have lifted the me, have tied the me to Your hands,

Have gathered the me, pressed the me to Your breast...

"Senhora de todas as essências, cheia de luz,

Boa mulher, vestida de esplendor,

Que possui o amor do céu e da terra,

Amiga do templo de An,

Tu usas adornos maravilhosos,

Tu desejas a tiara da alta sacerdotisa

Cujas mãos seguram as sete essências.

Ó minha Senhora, guardiã de todas as boas essências,

Tu as reuniste e as fizeste emanar de tuas mãos.

Tu colheste as essências santas e as trazes contigo,

Apertadas em teus seios..."

En-hedu-anna ( 2.300 a.c. ), Ur, Suméria.

Nezahualcóyotl...(para toda a gente que todos são pessoa!)

Amo el canto de zenzontle



pájaro de cuatrocientas voces,



Amo el color de jade



y el enervante perfume de las flores.




Pero más amo a mi hermano:el hombre...



Nezahualcóyotl (1402 - 1474 ), Tetzouco