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Unyiukimo Lomhlaba-E-Rautini (Nontsizi Mgqwetho)
Nontsizi Mgqwetho est une poétesse sud-africaines qui a vécu à Johannesbourg au début du XXe siècle. Pendant près d'une décennie, de 1920 à 1929, elle publia ses poèmes en isiXhosa dans le journal Umteteli wa Bantu.
| Unyiukimo Lomhlaba-E-Rautini | Johannesburg Earthquake |
|---|---|
| Wazidala into zonke Wena Tixo wedwa Ute Wena mazibeko zabako ke zona Nenyikima ezikoyo zazidalwa Nguwe Zizanyazanyiswa zona ngokusekwa Nguwe. Kwanentaba ezimiyo zazidalwe Nguwe Nezo zosidikikela xa singakwaziyo. Camagu! Ngayo yona Lenyikima uqondisa tina Wotshaba lalisa ngayo sibuyel’ emgceni. Bek’indlebe wena Rauti watsha yimpampili Kwazintuli – kwazintuli xa unga ndaziyo. Taru! Naku ke! Bakuti! Biyay’vana? Lemvubu ezab’okwe zintshunquntshunqu yenyikila: U Yehova, uyateta kuti ngayo lanyikima. Uti Yena umangele udeliwe engu Mdali: Yinyikima! Ehamba igigiza ebikona Kakade lingaziwa nelanga: Yinyikima! Umlomo ka Yehova. Okuvuselelayo uputume ukulunga: Yinyikima! Ehlaba iziduli izipose elhlane. Awu zitsho nentaba zelizwe zikangelane: Yinyikima! Umlomo kaYehova. Ogqob’oza nemitombo nize nisele: Edada ngezab’okwe, kwabangamaziyo. Ningabuyanga ngenyani! Senifile konke-konke: Taru! Lumkela! Ke wena ose Rautini! Uzakugutyu ngelwa ! Ngumavuta ukuhamba axelis’ umlilo : Yinyikima ! leyo enqonqozayo emnyiangweni wako, Ifuna ukukugweba ngetyala ikuzinzise : Taru ! Niyay’vana ? Lenyikima, apa e Rautini ? Abaqondayo bobeta besotuka : Lumkela ! wena ose Rautini mhla yahlaba enkundleni lakusibekela : Use Sodom ne Gomor’a, apo e Rautini mhla ak’ama u Yehova, lakutshon’ ilanga : Kuba ngapantsi komhlaba, kusel’ ubutyebi. Zipambene ke ngoc’uku, ingweyu zabelungu : Camagu ! Lumkela ! wena ose Rautini, unyikimo pezu kwako akunto yabomi : Niyasivana ? esisimbonono senyikima ? Taru ! Nzwana enozinzo yakunde e Afrika : Lukemla ! wena ose Rautini nantso ! Inyikima ikujamele ngeduku ezimdaka : Liramncwa ! kodwa aliqali mntu. Neliyakumtyia liyakumtya ngetyala : Yinyikima ! Isandla so Yehova. Eso sinqonqozayo apo umi kona : Camagu! | Lord, you alone created all things you said let them be and they were; earthquakes occur by your will, you arrange their trembling; mountains stand by your will to crush us if we deny you. Peace! You rain floods on our dwellings, scourge us with whirlwinds to bring us to know you? Peace! This earthquake’s your sign of future destruction if we don’t repair our ways. Listen, Joburg: if you deny me you’ll burn like paper in storm after storm. Mercy! Don’t you see what this is, my people, this trashing quirt of an earthquake? In this quake Jehovah addresses us, distressed, a Creator abandoned. Earthquake, slow in approach, older than even the sun! Earthquake, the voice of Jehovah releasing springs for you to drink cracking a whip when you spurn him: you’ll die like flies if you don’t all come back to him! Mercy! Take care, Joburg, you will be consumed by the rager like fire on the move. Earthquake, a knock at your door, condemning your sins to correct you. Mercy! Do you heed this earthquake here in Johannesburg? It whips fear into those who know. Joburg, watch out when its blow seals your fate: Your Sodom and Gomorrah sink as you throttle Jehovah. Under the soil lies treasures: white elders are quick to break contracts. Peace! Take care, Joburg: an earthquake buries you. Peace, sturdy child of farflung Africa, can you ear this earthquake’s wailing? Take care, Joburg, there it is: a quake with a black club threatens you, a wild beast awaiting your move sinners its only prey. Earthquake, the hand of Jehovah, knocking at your door! Peace! |
ENJEU CONCERNÉ
AUTRES CRÉATIONS MOBILISÉES
Chant de mineurs sotho (Ngoan’atooane Motsoafi)
“City Johannesburg” (Mongane Wally Serote, 1971)« In the Gold Mines » (B. W. Vilakazi)Mine: A Litany of Loss Movement (Uhuru Portia Phalafala, 2023)Mntanami! Mntanami! (Sibusiso Nyembesi, 1950)State of Mine: Deeds (Uhuru Portia Phalafala, 2023)
William Kentridge, « Mine » (1991)