Icawa yaseSanta Margarita dei Cerchi: Ibali likaDante noBeatrice!

Kuthiwa kule nkonzo yamaxesha aphakathi imbongi uDante watshata kwaye wadibana nothando lobomi bakhe. Le cawa incinci isenokungabi nobungangamsha njengamanye amatye anqabileyo ayilwe eFlorence, kodwa ukungabikho kwayo ngobukhulu kunye nobungangamsha bayo benza imbali yayo. Ngokwezinye iingxelo, kwakungaphakathi kweendonga zayo apho imbongi eyaziwayo uDante yadibana nenkosikazi yayo kunye nothando lobomi bayo. Ngesi sizathu icawe ifumene igama elingabhalwanga "leCawa kaDante".

Bakhe iCawa laseSanta Margarita de Cerci kumaXesha Aphakathi kwaye bakwindlela encinci ecaleni kwendlu awayehlala kuyo uDante Alighieri. Ukusukela ebuntwaneni, usapho lukaDante luye kwindibano eSanta Margarita de Cerci, njengezinye iintsapho ezininzi ezizityebi e-Itali. Ngokutsho legend, ukuthanda ikamva, ukunyaniseka kwabo kuhlawulwa. Abanye bakholelwa ukuba kwakule cawa apho uDante oneminyaka esithoba ubudala wadibana noBeatrice Portinari.

Iminyaka esibhozo ubudala, imyuziyam yakhe kunye nomfazi owamkhuthaza ukuba abhale I-Divine Comedy. Inkwenkwe yamthanda xa uqala ukuyibona. Kodwa kwiminyaka nje emithathu emva kokuthandana noBeatrice, eneminyaka eli-12 ubudala, uDante wayeganelwe uGemma Di Manetto Donati, intombi yolunye usapho olutyebileyo nolunempembelelo kwisixeko. Malunga ne-1285, eneminyaka engama-20 ubudala, wamtshata, njengoko abanye bekholelwa, wayephakathi kweendonga zeli bandla. Amalungu amaninzi osapho lakwaDonati kunye nePortina bangcwatyelwe ngaphakathi kwecawa yakudala. 

Ingcwaba likaBeatrice likwindonga zalo kwaye abakhenkethi bangayihlonipha inkumbulo yakhe. Intsomi ithi ukuze uBeatrice abuphucule ubomi bakho, kufuneka umshiyele ileta emgqomeni. Ndiyathemba ukuba eli nqaku belikuthanda kwaye licebise imvelaphi yakho yenkcubeko. Enkosi ngokufunda