Inani elothusayo lika-El Cid njengophawu lweReconquest luza ezinweleni zikaDon UArturo Pérez Reverte Ukuqhekeza intsomi okwethutyana, kwimeko yokudibanisa imbali esemthethweni. Kungenxa yokuba kanye loo nto, iintsomi kunye neentsomi zihlala zineendawo zazo, amacala abo amnyama. Kwimeko ye-El Cid, yonke iyimpazamo apho inani lakhe laziswa ekuhambeni kwexesha. Uhlonitshwe ziingoma kwaye ugxothiwe ngookumkani neenkosi. Akukho nto ibhetele njengokuhlaziya ilivo ukukhulisa inani eliphikisanayo, ngakumbi ngokuhambelana nomntwana ngamnye wabamelwane.
Ukuqala, masicinge ngento enomdla yokuba igama lobuqhawe ngoku leCid livela kuloo Sidi (Nkosi ngesiArabhu), esikhokelela ekubeni sicinge ukuba uRodrigo Díaz de Vivar wayeyindoda enomdla ngakumbi ekusindeni kunakwandiswa ubukumkani.Enye kwi usingasiqithi. Ngakumbi kuthathelwa ingqalelo into yokuba mhlawumbi ukufunyanwa kobona buncinci obunyanzelekileyo obamnyanzela ekuthinjweni kwakhe kungamnyanzela ukuba anike esidlangalaleni izakhono zakhe zokulwa.
Ke, ileyibhile yeengalo ezixhasiweyo, eli qhawe lesizwe lihamba lonke elaseSpain kunye nemikhosi yakhe. Abafana bathembekile kwimiyalelo yakhe, kunye nenqaku elibi lenyaniso ukusuka kwixesha apho yonke into yayingabalulekanga, nditsho nokuphila yonke intsasa. Amadoda azimisele ukwenza nantoni na ngembeko leyo, phambi kweentshaba zaso nasiphi na isivumo sokholo, oko kwakuthetha ukunika ubomi babo uloyiso apho wonke umntu azuze ithamsanqa: nokuba kungokushiya eli hlabathi okanye, kwelinye icala, ngokuphumelela ithuba elitsha badle kushushu ngelixa bethambisa egazini bekwiikrele zabo.
Bendihleli ndichukunyiswa libinzana elibonisa ukuba iqhawe ngumntu owenza konke okusemandleni akhe. Kwaye ngenkulungwane ye-XNUMX, ngeemeko ezifanelekileyo, iqhawe yayingumntu okwaziyo ukutya, njengesilwanyana sasendle. Kungenxa yokuba kwakungekho ngaphezulu. Isazela sele sinikiwe nokuba kunjani na elukholweni. inkolelo eqinileyo eyenze ukuba abo balwayo banoburharha bazifumane behambelana nengcinga yabo yobuKristu, nokuba bajongane nabani na. Ngaphezulu kwayo nantoni na eyedwa kukho iparadesi yokundwendwela kwaye banokulahleka emva kobomi obubi kulo mhlaba.
Ke, ngexesha lokucacisa ngakumbi injongo yomlinganiswa onje ngo-El Cid, akukho mntu ulunge ngaphezu kukaPérez-Reverte ukuze aziphathe njengomntu obhala ngobomi bakhe. Njengentatheli ethembekileyo yobukhulu nosizi; njengombali othusayo weminyaka ethile enzima. Iintsuku zamadoda nabasetyhini bokuqina kwamatye. Iindidi phakathi kwazo, nangona kunjalo, iinyaniso ezigqithileyo ezinokuqondwa ngokuchaseneyo nobumnyama belo hlabathi.
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