Chithunzi chododometsa cha El Cid monga chizindikiro cha Reconquest chimabwera kwa tsitsi la Don Arturo Perez Reverte kuti athetse nthanoyo kwakanthawi, ndikuphatikiza mbiri yakale. Chifukwa ndendende, nthano ndi nthano nthawi zonse zimakhala ndi zolakwika, mbali zawo zakuda. Pankhani ya El Cid, onsewo ndi nkhungu momwe mawonekedwe ake adadziwitsidwa pakapita nthawi. Amalemekezedwa ndi nyimbo ndikuthamangitsidwa ndi mafumu ndi ambuye. Palibe chabwino kuposa kukonzanso nthano kuti ikweze chiwerengerocho pazotsutsana zake, mogwirizana ndi mwana wa oyandikana naye aliyense.
Choyamba, tiyeni tiganizire za chidwi chodziwika kuti dzina lodziwika bwino la Cid limachokera ku Sidi (Lord m'Chiarabu), zomwe zimatipangitsa kuganiza kuti Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar anali msirikali wofunitsitsa kupulumuka kuposa kukulira kwa ufumu. ena pachilumba. Zowonjezerapo poganizira kuti mwina kupezeka kocheperako komwe kunakakamiza ukapolo wake kukamupangitsa kuti apereke poyera luso lake lankhondo kwa aliyense wogula.
Chifukwa chake, ndi dzina lomwe lidathandizidwa, ngwazi yamtunduwu idayenda ku Spain konse ndi omwe anali nawo. Anyamata okhulupirika kumalamulo ake, okhala ndi chowonadi choipa kuyambira nthawi yomwe zonse zinali zazing'ono, ngakhale kupulumuka m'mawa uliwonse. Amuna ofunitsitsa kuchita chilichonse ndi ulemuwo, pamaso pa adani a chikhulupiriro chilichonse, zomwe zimatanthauza kupereka miyoyo yawo kupambana kuti aliyense apambane mwayi wawo: mwina posiya dziko lino kapena, mwanjira ina, pogonjetsa mwayi watsopano amadya otentha kwinaku akudya magazi m'mapanga awo.
Nthawi zonse ndimakhala wokondweretsedwa ndi mawu omwe akuwonetsa kuti ngwazi ndi aliyense amene amachita zomwe angathe. Ndipo kumbuyo m'zaka za zana la XNUMX, ndimikhalidwe yoyenera, ngwazi inali munthu amene amatha kudya, ngati nyama yakuthengo. Kungoti kunalibenso. Chikumbumtima kale ngati chidaperekedwa mulimonsemo pachikhulupiriro. Chikhulupiriro cholimba chomwe chidapangitsa omenyera nkhondo kuti azipezeka mu Chikhristu chawo, ngakhale atakumana ndi ndani. Koposa chilichonse palokha panali paradaiso woyendera ndipo atha kutaya nawo atakhala ndi moyo womvetsa chisoni padziko lapansi lino.
Chifukwa chake, panthawi yofotokozera momveka bwino za munthu ngati El Cid, palibe amene ali bwino kuposa Pérez-Reverte kuti adziwonetse yekha ngati wolemba mbiri yake. Monga mtolankhani wokhulupirika wa ukulu ndi mavuto; monga wolemba mbiri wodabwitsa wazaka zovuta zina. Masiku a amuna ndi akazi olimba miyala. Mitundu yomwe, pakati pawo, komabe, zowonadi zowoneka bwino zitha kuzindikirika mosiyana ndi mdima wapadziko lapansi.
Tsopano mutha kugula buku la Sidi, buku latsopano la Arturo Pérez Reverte, apa: