Afrikaans poem translated to Zulu

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HOEDLIED Jeanne Goosen ICULO LESIGQOKO

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Voorblad: Kunswerk deur Julian Venter
INLEIDING
Hoedlied deur Jeanne Goosen uit haar bundel Orrelpunte (1975) is aanvanklik deur my vader, Jac Uys, en Professor Sibusiso Nyembezi
uit Afrikaans in Zulu vertaal. My vader was in 1982 in Pietermaritzburg woonagtig en Prof Nyembezi was by die boekhandelaar Shuter
& Shooter werksaam. Sover ek kan onthou, het Professor Nyembezi geen vergoeding vir die vertaling gevra nie. In 2013 het ek per
toeval in 'n laai op die twee vertalings afgekom en besluit om dit te laat redigeer deur 'n deskundige. Ek is na Mnr Nduduzo Makhanya
– 'n vertaler, digter, liriekskrywer en musikant verwys – wat die taak met uitnemende insig en vernuf voltooi het. Nduduzo het my
onder meer op sekere letterlikhede in die vertaling gewys en poëtiese alternatiewe voorgestel. Die literêre vorm waarin dit hier
verskyn, is dus aan Nduduzo se poëtiese vernuf en taalvaardigheid te danke. Ek glo dat dié sonderlinge gedig miskien die enigste is wat
nog direk uit Afrikaans in Zulu vertaal is en vertrou dat dit 'n geringe maar waardevolle bydrae tot die Suid-Afrikaanse
literatuurgeskiedenis verteenwoordig. Dié dokument word met liefdevolle herinnering aan my oorlede vader Jacobus Johannes Uys en
oorlede Professor Nyembezi opgedra.
Hoedlied deur Jeanne Goosen uit die bundel Orrelpunte. Perskor, Johannesburg, 1975. ISBN 0 628 00846 5.
Vertaal deur Professor C. L. Sibusiso Nyembezi en J. J. Uys in 1982; geredigeer en opgeknap deur Nduduzo Makhanya (2013).
NB: Kopiereg berus by Perskor Uitgewers en die digter Jeanne Goosen. Hierdie dokument is deur my saamgestel en as 'n gratis opvoedkundige
bydrae op die Internet geplaas. Kopiereg op die kunswerk berus by Julian Venter. Kontakbesonderhede op bladsy 17.

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HOEDLIED
My hoed my tien voet hoed
omsingel my kop
soet gewig soet strooi
moenie aan my dink sonder my hoed nie
dieng dong ek skink koffie
en ek sing vir my aandete
ek is my eie gestig
en my hoed is 'n klok wat lui en lui
moenie aan my dink sonder my hoed nie
my geliefde pluk bessies
ons lag onder my hoed
my geliefde speel somermusiek op 'n harp
moenie o moenie aan my dink sonder my hoed nie
my geliefde vertrek met die laaste trein
stap sê my hoed
ek trek my sandale aan 'n bondel bene beweeg
hoed hoed my smart is kosbaarder as joune
in die vallei hurk 'n monnik*
mooi en bruin soos 'n koffieboon
sal hy my liefhê sal hy my liefhê
met my hoed my tien voet hoed?
*Monnik word as Inyanga vertaal.

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Iemand het my hoed buite aan 'n paal opgehang
Ek het by die bure gaan verneem wie dit is
Dis jy self, sê hulle. Ons het jou gesien
(Skeer hulle gek of is dit 'n komplot?)
Ek sien my hoed deur die venster
dit wapper koud en sonder siel in die grys lug
Sedert my hoed my verlaat het
bly ek binne.
Ek het my posbus gesluit en my deur gegrendel
Want wat is ek werd sonder my hoed?
Ek het reeds al die koffie in my huis uitgedrink, die tee
en die versterkdruppels
En noudat ek al die brood ook opgeëet het
voel ek hoe die leegheid binne-in my groei
en ek vol word daarvan.
Soms vergeet ek waarvoor ek wag
maar aanhoudend bel iemand
– Iemand wat my stem naboots en sê:
“Bring terug my hoed, bring terug my hoed…”

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ICULO LESIGQOKO
Isigqoko sami esikhulukazi
siyalizungeleza ikhanda lami
Isisindo simnandi utshani bumtoti
ungengicabangi ngaphandle kwesigqoko sami
ubukenqekenqe bung’khumbuza inkomishi ye khofi
ngibe sengihubela isidlo sami sakusihlwa
ubuzizizi bengqondo bungaphakathi kimi
isigqoko sami siyinsimbi ekenqeza ikenqezile
ungengicabangi ngaphandle kwesigqoko sami
isithandwa sami sikha izithelo
sigigitheka sobabili ngaphansi kwesigqoko sami
isithandwa sami sishaya ingoma yehlobo ngomtshingo
ungelokothi ungicabange ngaphandle kwesigqoko sami
isithandwa sami semuka ngesitimela sokugcina
isigqoko sithi: hamba!
ngifaka izingxabulela zami Kukhona imilenze enyakanyakazayo
ʼsgqoko ʼsgqoko usizi lwami lubiza ngaphezulu kolwakho
inyanga izinza emhosheni
sihle sinsundu njengenhlamvu yekhofi
uzongithanda uzongithanda na?
Ngesigqoko sami isigqoko sami esikhulukazi

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Kukhona ophanyeke isigqoko sami ngaphandle esibondeni
Ngibuze omakhelwane ngathi: ngubani lomuntu?
Baphendula bathi: Nguwe. Sikubonile.
(Bayancokola noma yitulo?)
Isigqoko sami sibonakale efasiteleni
Siyabhakuza ezulwini elimbozile siyabanda asinamoya
Njengoba isigqoko singilahlile ngihlala pakhathi endlini.
Ngilikhiyile ibhokisi leposi ngisibophile isivalo
Nginga yini yani nje ngaphandle kwesigqoko sami?
Sengiliphuzile lonke ikhofi endlini, itiye nomuthi oqinisayo
Manje njengoba sengisidlile sonke isinkwa
Ngizwa isikhala siyakhula ngaphakhathi siyangisuthisa.
Ngesinye isikhati ngiyakhohlwa ukuthi ngilindeleni
kodwa kukhona olokhu ebelesele eshaya ucingo
– olinganisa iphimbo lami, uthi:
“Buyisa isigqoko sami, buyisa isigqoko sami...”

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BRONNE
Goosen, Jeanne. Orrelpunte. Johannesburg, Perskor, 1975.
Nyembezi, C. L. S. ICULO LESIGQOKO. Getikte manuskrip: een vel papier
met aantekeninge in ink deur J. J. Uys, waaronder: Prof Nyembezi 82/08/17.
Uys, Jacobus Johannes. iCulo lesiGqoko(liCulo lukhudabuka kwomPhefumulo –
ukusahlakunisa – ukuthanda ukuhlalawodwa). Getikte manuskrip: twee velle papier.
Jeanette (Jeanne) Helena Goosen was born on
13 July 1940 in Parow, Cape Town. She attended
Parow High School and studied radiography at
the University of Cape Town. She has since
followed a variety of careers, among others
radiographer, farmer, fisher, and also journalist
at Afrikaans daily papers like Oggendblad,
Hoofstad and Transvaler and the Natal paper
Tempo.
Jeanne is one of the most versatile writers in
Afrikaans, with poetry (’n Uil vlieg weg), novels
(Ons is nie almal so nie), novellas (Wie is Jan
Hoender?), short stories (’n Kat in die sak), plays
(Kombuis-blues) and cabaret. She published her
first volume of poetry ’n Uil vlieg weg in 1971,
but it is above all for her award-winning book
Ons is nie almal so nie that she became known.
This book was awarded the CNA, Rapport and
M-Net Prizes.
http://www.kwela.com/authors/865

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KORT BIBLIOGRAFIE: PROFESSOR NYEMBEZI
Nyembezi, Cyril Lincoln Sibusiso.

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ROMANS
Inkinsela yase Mgungundlovu. 1961.
Mntanami! Mntanami! 1950. (Ushicilelo lwesithathu by derde oplaag, 1965)
Ubudoda abukhulelwa. 1953.

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VERTALING
Cry, The Beloved Country, deur Alan Paton, as Lafa elihle kakhulu. 1958.

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VOLKSVERHALE
Inqolobane yesizwe, (with Otty Ezrom Nxumalo). 1966.
Izibongo zamakhosi. 1958.
Zulu Proverbs. 1954.
DIGKUNS

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ZULU TAALSTUDIES
Compact Zulu Dictionary. 1977.
Learn Zulu. 1958.
Uhlelo lwesiZulu. 1956.

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GESELEKTEERDE BIBLIOGRAFIE
OOR PROFESSOR NYEMBEZI SE WERK
Kunene, Daniel P. The Zulu Novels of C.L.S. Nyembezi: A Critical Appraisal. Edwin Mellen Press, 2007

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Losambe, Lokangaka. An Introduction to the African Prose Narrative. Africa World Press, 2004
Ngcongwane, S. D. Verhaalkuns Van Sibusiso Nyembezi. University of South Africa, 1981.

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INTERNET BRONNE
www.esaach.org.za/index.php?title=Nyembezi,_Sibusiso#Biography
www.literarytourism.co.za/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=390:sibusiso-nyembezi&catid=13:authors&Itemid=28
Literary Pietermaritzburg
26 Nov 2009
CENTRE FOR AFRICAN LITERARY STUDIES
Sibusiso Nyembezi (1919-2000). Born in Babanango. A Zulu novelist, poet, scholar, teacher and editor. The second of four brothers, Cyril Nyembezi attended local primary
schools, then went to Mariannhill for high school. He received a B.A. from the University of South Africa in 1946, and his B.A. Honours in 1947 from the University of
Witwatersrand in Johannesburg. From 1948 to 1953, Nyembezi was a lecturer in the Department of Bantu Studies at the University of Witwatersrand, teaching Zulu and
Xhosa. He took an M.A. at Wits in 1954 and the next year was appointed to the lecturing staff at the University College of Fort Hare, remaining there until 1959 when he
resigned in protest against the restrictive new policies being enforced at Fort Hare by the government. Others who resigned were Ambrose Phahle, Ethan Mayisele, and
Selbourne Ngcobo. Out of work for a period, he took an editorial position with the publishers Shuter and Shooter in Pietermaritzburg, where he stayed until he retired.
He translated Alan Paton's Cry, The Beloved Country into Zulu as Lafa elihle kakhulu. His 1961 novel Inkinsela yase Mgungundlovu was translated as The Rich Man of
Pietermaritzburg (2008).
www.pmbhistory.co.za/portal/witnesshistory/custom_modules/Supplement_PDFs/Nyembezi%20.pdf
Obituaries: Cyril Nyembezi (1919-2000)
Review: The Rich Man of Pietermaritzburg (Inkinsela YaseMgungundlovu)
20 Feb 2008
Margaret von Klemperer
The Rich Man of Pietermaritzburg (Inkinsela YaseMgungundlovu): Sibusiso Nyembezi : Aflame Books
www.witness.co.za/?showcontent&global[_id]=3999

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KUNSWERK
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