Ndifunde amagama ambalwa kaCarlo Verdone kwi-'La grande Bellezza' endiphantse ndawalibala: “Ndichithe zonke iihlobo zobomi bam ndenza izigqibo zikaSeptemba. Ngoku ayisekho, ngoku ndichitha ihlobo ndikhumbula izigqibo abazenzileyo kwaye ziye zanyamalala. Yintoni abanayo ngokuchasene ne-nostalgia? Kuphela kokuphazamiseka okunokwenzeka kwabo bangakholelwayo kwikamva. Omnye kuphela. Ngaphandle kwemvula, u-Agasti uyaphela kwaye uSeptemba akaqali. Akwaba ndandiyibhalile. Ngoku kuza uloyiso lobungangamsha ngaphezu kokudakumba kunye noloyiso loxolo ngokuchasene nobushushu boluntu, ubushushu obufana neriphabliki eyonakeleyo. Imvula efudumeleyo ifika, imanzisa amathambo ethu, umoya oza kuwomisa, iintsuku ezimfutshane, iimini ezinde, ukujonga okunzulu, ukukhanya kweCastilla, iVelázquez ekwindla yaseMadrid, ukuvuswa okutsha okusikhuthaza ukuba sinxibe ingubo. beret, ezisikhuthaza ukuba sonwabe kwaye sens uyaphila kwaye ngokupheleleyo. Uboya be-quoita bukhalela ukuzonwabisa, isityu siyakubizela, isaqhwithi esikhulu sokuqala kunye nengqele ebusweni xa ushiya ikonsathi. I-petrichor ifika, ukubonakaliswa kwezibane zasebusuku kwi-puddles, uxolo olukhulu, ubomi obungenabo ubugcisa, iimvakwemini zokufunda kunye neemuvi, ukuhambahamba emaphandleni, amakhowa kunye ne-acerolas, impindezelo yabavuyayo, impindezelo ye izilumko Newayini, ngenxa yokuba iidiliya zifika, kakhulu evela emhlabeni wam ngaphezu kweevatala. Kwaye neklasi eninzi. Musa ukuthelekisa i-heatwave egulayo yasehlotyeni kunye nokukhanya kunye nelanga elihle le-quince, elifudumeza ngaphakathi, lidiniwe ukuvutha ngaphandle.
UJosele Santiago usixelela ukuba siza kuba lapho ngoSeptemba kwaye akazimiselanga kuvuna, kodwa uza kunxiba iqhina elitsha. “Ekugqibeleni ndiza kwenza into yokwenene. Hayi indlela endivuya ngayo!" Uncwadi, iodolo kunye nezidlo ezinzima zibuyile. Uncumo lwabantwana luzalise izitalato kwakhona, iingcango zezikolo zihonjiswe ngamathoni e-ocher kwaye ndiya kufunda kwakhona kumaxhegwazana emarike. I-Septemba ivumba njengemyuziyam ene-ventilated kunye nobuntwaneni obungalahlekanga nje kuphela, kodwa ngoku buhlala kwamanye amehlo. Intombi yam intle ngakumbi ekwindla, xa igolide yesikhumba sayo ijika ibe lubhedu kwaye iblue blue ibonakala ingcono nangakumbi kuyo - kwaye oko kuthetha - kunonyaka ophelileyo. Ukumbona ekhula ekwindla, ukuhamba naye eCampo Grande, eRetiro, ukuya kuhambo oluya kunye kwiMyuziyam yaseNaval ukuze anikezele izixhobo zethu, kumaqhawe alityelweyo omhlaba wam, kuloo flegi yaseCastilian eyayikade ilawula iilwandle. Yenza ikwindla yomntwana ijabule kwaye uya kudala umntu owonwabileyo, mhlawumbi umbhali, kodwa ngokuqinisekileyo uya kubulala iveki. Ukwindla sisitofu sokugonya uloyiko.
Ukubetha kwentliziyo kunye noxinzelelo olufana nentambo ethambileyo, ndlela-ntle ethunzini, amanxeba avaliweyo kunye neefestile ezivuliweyo. Impahla emitsha kumasiko amadala, imibala efanelekileyo enika ubhukuqo-mbuso, indlela esikelelekileyo yokuthomalalisa umntwana okwishumi elivisayo, uthando lwasehlotyeni olungxwelerhekileyo lokufa, ezinye izinqe ezijongeka kuwe, ileta yothando yokulibala. I-inki iyabuya, ikofu ekoneni yebhari kunye nentombazana entle kwirobhothi. Iingubo ziyafika, ukuthula kokuthintela kunye nesidlo sasemva kwesidlo esidibana kunye nesidlo sakusihlwa. Ukhuphiswano oluphekiweyo, ingxowa-mali kanomathotholo, 'i-boulevardier' e-El Colmao. U-Ludovico Einaudi kunye no-Ella Fitzgerald bayabuya. Amagqabi kunye nezangqa ezimnyama ziya kuwa. Siza kuhlala phantsi ukuze sibhale kwakhona kwipiyano eluhlaza. Siya kuliqalekisa ihlobo nemida yalo. Ivumba lamaqweqwe eencwadi liyafika, iinjongo zobuhle kumaphepha okuqala eencwadana kunye noBob Dylan ecula ingoma ethi 'Ukuba Uyambona, Yithi Molo'. Silapha sonke.
Namhlanje yonke into iqala. Namhlanje sinikezela kwiimbophelelo, kwisikimu sengqondo, namhlanje siyayigxotha imida kwimida. Namhlanje sinyukela kwisihlalo sobukhosi, namhlanje akukho ndawo yamanyala. Namhlanje kwanamhla weholide uneklasi, namhlanje i-culottes emfutshane ifihliwe, ihlazekile kwaye ifihla phantsi kwee-closets, phantsi kwesidima somhlaba wam. Namhlanje akukho bani unokuthoba isilevu, namhlanje iintloko ziphezulu, amehlo ejonge phantsi, izandla zisepokothweni, iintliziyo zethu zizolile, izindlu zethu zilungelelene.
Sinyamezele ihlobo kwaye sibhale ngokudinwa. Siye sahamba kunye Sacramenia, Santander, Conil, Madrid, Peñafiel, El Bierzo kunye neOxford. Siye sahlalutya izikhululo zeenqwelomoya kwaye siye saziva sibonakalisiwe kumntu ngamnye okwiholide. Besirhalela abalandeli kunye neehambo zakudala zenyaniso. Siye satsala nzima koololiwe abangenamoya nakumadama anjengemigibe. Siyenzile. Namhlanje ookhokho bethu bayasiwola, abantwana ebesijongile, namhlanje sijonge emacaleni kootatomkhulu nootatomkhulu esiya kuba ngabo, amanyathelo agugileyo, ukuzingca ngokuphila ngendlela eyiyo, umngcelele wangaphakathi, uloyiso loloyiso lokuziphatha kunye noku kutyhwatyhwa. ukubona ukugculelwa ecaleni. Namhlanje akukho nto yokubhiyozela kwaye yiyo loo nto sibhiyozela yonke into. Kukho iintsuku apho siye sajika saba ngamadandi, saba ngabaphumeleleyo kwimfuzo, saba ziingoma ezintle kakhulu zeDNA. Namhlanje ukukhanya kulumkisa ukuba ubomi bunzulu kwaye iimanga ziphelile, ukuba amakhadi aphezu kwetafile kwaye sinesihlanu, njengaye wonke umntu. Oku kubonakala kukuhle kwaye sinokubonisa ubuso bethu kuphela de basiqhekeze. Uyeza uSeptemba. Ebesele ekucebisa ukuba sizophumelela.
