Angikwazi ukumelana nokufaniswa kwalesi sihloko ukwethula indaba yami «Umoya unothuli«, Ngomsindo, ngemuva, wengoma engaziwa yaseKansas. Lokho ULeonardo Padura Ngixolele ...
Umbuzo wokugcina ngukuthi isihloko esinjengalesi, noma kungengoma noma sencwadi, sikhomba ekudluliseni isikhathi, ekuzweleni okungenamusa kwesimo sethu esisetshenziswayo, sobukhona bethu besikhashana.
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UMarcos utshela u-Adela izindaba zobuntwana bakhe kulesi siqhingi, ezungezwe iqembu labangane babazali bakhe ababizwa ngokuthi abakwaClan, futhi umbonisa isithombe sesidlo sokugcina lapho, ngesikhathi beseyingane, babendawonye eminyakeni engamashumi amabili nanhlanu edlule. U-Adela, obezwa ukuthi usuku luzophenduka, uthola umuntu amaziyo phakathi kobuso babo. Futhi kwalasha kuvuleka ngaphansi kwezinyawo zakhe.
Njengothuli emoyeni yindaba yeqembu labangane abasindile ekudingisweni nasekusakazekeni, eBarcelona, enyakatho-ntshonalanga ye-United States, eMadrid, ePuerto Rico, eBuenos Aires ... Yini impilo eyenziwe ngayo kubo, ukuthi babethandana kakhulu? Kwenzekani kulabo abahambayo nalabo abakhetha ukuhlala? Isimo sezulu sibashintshe kanjani? Ngabe umazibuthe womuzwa wokuba ngowakhe, amandla ezithandwayo angabahlanganisa futhi? Noma izimpilo zabo sezivele ziluthuli emoyeni?
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