quarta-feira, 31 de outubro de 2012

Do Quénia para aquecer esta noite... Um pensamento de Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o

Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o é escritor de novelas, peças teatrais, contos e ensaios, da crítica social à literatura infantil. Nasceu em 1938, no Quénia. 

«A Amnistia Internacional tomou-o como prisioneiro de consciência e o artista foi libertado da cadeia, saindo do país. Nos Estados Unidos, ensinou na Universidade de Yale durante alguns anos, e também na Universidade de Nova Iorque, nas áreas de "Literatura Comparada" e "Performance Studies". Ngũgĩ vê muitas vezes o seu nome nas listas de candidatos ao prémio Nobel da Literatura.»


Do seu livro "Wizard of the Crow", sai este sublinhado. E vai mesmo assim, sem tradução! Espero que gostem.

” ‘Go home now,’ he told me in a gentle voice, ’ and all you have to do is find out if there has been a road accident involving matatus. If not today then tomorrow, if not tomorrow then the next day. Your enemy is most likely one of the fatally injured. From today on, never molest a beggar, a diviner, a healer, a wizard, or a witch. If you ever do any harm to the helpless, this magic will turn against you. Everything that you have, including peace of mind, will be taken away. Go now. Your actions will be the mirror of your soul. Look into the mirror, always.’

“I hesitated. He asked me if I had anything else on my mind. Yes, there was something else pressing. Although I had seen a mental outline of an image, I still could not tell who my enemy was even if I were to meet him in the street. I asked the wizard: ‘Can you tell me the name of my enemy, the one whose image you scratched?’

” ‘No,’ he said. ‘I don’t want you to go sleepless at night obsessing about his disappearance. Your own actions are a better mirror of your life than the actions of all your enemies put together. That is why I told you to watch what you do to others instead of always thinking about what others do to you.’ “

*Agradeço a publicação no meu mural do Facebook, por parte de Isabel Matos Pereira.

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