Isibalo esididayo sika-El Cid njengesibonakaliso seReconquest siza ezinweleni zikaDon U-Arturo Pérez Reverte ukwehlisa inganekwane isikhashana, ngomqondo ohlanganisayo womlando osemthethweni. Ngoba lokho kanye, izinganekwane nezinsumansumane zihlala zinezikhala zazo, izinhlangothi zazo ezimnyama. Endabeni ka-El Cid, konke kuyinkungu lapho inani lakhe lafakwa khona ngokuhamba kwesikhathi. Ukuhlonishwa ngezingoma nokudingiswa ngamakhosi namakhosi. Akukho okungcono kunokubuyekezwa kwenganekwane ukukhulisa isibalo ekuphikisaneni kwaso, ngokuhambisana kakhulu nengane yomakhelwane ngamunye.
Okokuqala, ake sicabange ngeqiniso elinqabayo lokuthi igama lobuqhawe manje likaCid livela kulelo Sidi (Lord ngesi-Arabhu), okuholela ekucabangeni ukuthi uRodrigo Díaz de Vivar wayeyinduna enesifiso sokusinda kunokwandiswa kwe Umbuso.abanye enhlonhlweni. Okubaluleke kakhulu uma kubhekwa ukuthi mhlawumbe ukutholakala kobuncane obukhulu obaphoqa ukuthunjwa kwakhe kungamphoqa ukuthi anikeze obala amakhono akhe okulwa kunoma ngubani owabhida.
Ngakho-ke, ngaleli ilebula lezingalo ezixhasiwe, leli qhawe lesizwe lalihamba lonke elaseSpain nabaphathi balo. Abafana bathembekile emiyalweni yakhe, ngalelo phuzu elibi leqiniso kusukela esikhathini lapho konke kwakungasho lutho, ngisho nokusinda njalo ekuseni. Amadoda azimisele ukwenza noma yini ngalelo dumo, lapho ebhekene nezitha zanoma yisiphi isivumo sokholo, okwakusho ukunikela ngempilo yabo ukuze kunqotshwe lapho wonke umuntu ezuza khona inhlanhla: kungaba ngokushiya lo mhlaba noma, kokunye, ngokunqoba ithuba elisha badla okushisayo ngenkathi begaxa egazini kusezinkemba zabo.
Bengihlale ngithandwa yisisho esikhomba ukuthi iqhawe yinoma ngubani owenza okusemandleni akhe. Futhi emuva ngekhulu le-XNUMX, ngezimo ezifanele, iqhawe kwakungumuntu okwazi ukudla, njengesilwane sasendle. Vele ngoba bekungekho okunye. Unembeza vele uma lokho kwanikezwa kunoma yikuphi ukukholwa. leyo nkolelo eqinile eyenza amasosha anolaka azithola esezingqondweni zawo zobuKristu, akukhathalekile ukuthi babebhekene nobani. Ngaphezu kwanoma yini uqobo lwayo kwakukhona ipharadesi lokuvakasha futhi babengalahlekelwa yilona ngemuva kwempilo ebuhlungu kangaka kule planethi.
Ngakho-ke, ngesikhathi senhloso ecace bha yomlingiswa ofana no-El Cid, akekho noyedwa ongcono kunoPérez-Reverte ukuze azenze umzimba wobuntu wakhe. Njengentatheli ethembekile yobukhulu nosizi; njengomlobi wezindaba oshaqisayo weminyaka ethile enzima. Izinsuku zamadoda nabesifazane bokuqina kwamatshe. Izinhlobo, noma kunjalo, phakathi kwazo, amaqiniso ezeqisayo angaqondwa ngokungafani nobumnyama balelo zwe.
Manje usungathenga inoveli iSidi, incwadi entsha ka-Arturo Pérez Reverte, lapha: