UFranco Battiato, umcabango omncane, omncane womculi omkhulu, omkhulu
Ngosuku olulandelayo. Kusuku olulandelayo ngemuva kosuku olubuhlungu kakhulu. Ngosuku athatha ngalo isidumbu sikaFranco Battiato. Amahora angama-24 ngokuqinisekile awanele ukuhlanganisa ukuzisola okujulile. Ukuzisola ngokungabe sisambona umculi osekuphele iminyaka engaphezu kwamashumi amane elokhu esihlaba umxhwele, emangele, esithakatha ngobuciko bakhe. Amazwi enduduzo ngokunyamalala kwakhe ngazwi linye. Umhlaba wezamasiko nezokuzijabulisa uthumele imiyalezo yezinduduzo ezijulile nezijulile. Ngisho nezwe lezepolitiki, kulesi senzakalo esidabukisayo, belibukeka lihlangene. Akuzange kube khona lokho kuthula okucashile futhi okunenzondo, okuvame ukulandela ukunyamalala komculi, ngabathile osopolitiki kuphela ngoba umculi uqobo wayenombono ohlukile wezepolitiki kowabo. Ngakwesokudla, maphakathi, kwesokunxele sakhe, uFranco Battiato, bayilokho. Kungabonakalisa ukuhlakanipha kwakhe nokuzwela kwakhe okungavamile uma kungukuthi uzofakwa kulezi zigaba ezindala, ezigugile zengqondo. UFranco Battiato wayengale kwalokho. Ngale kosizi lomuntu. Wayekhethe ukuphila impilo yakhe njengomqansa omkhulu. Izintaba zalo zazingezona iziqongo zamamitha ayizinkulungwane eziyisishiyagalombili nangaphezulu, ezazisakazeke emhlabeni jikelele. Iziqongo ayefuna ukuzinqoba yilezo zomphefumulo. Usesho lwe-spasmodic lwengxenye esondelene kakhulu kithi, ejulile futhi engaziwa kakhulu. Akasebenzisanga ama-pickax noma izintambo njengethuluzi lokukhuphuka kwakhe, kepha umculo, ukudweba, ifilosofi, ubuciko konke ku-360 °. Esimeni sakhe seMilo waphefumula lowo moya omangalisayo weSicily yakhe, owawugcwalisa ingqondo nenhliziyo yakhe. Wayiphefumulela kwaze kwaba sekugcineni. Kuze kube yileyetha yemidlalo yeshashalazi, lapho kwazalelwa khona yonke imisebenzi kaFranco Battiato, lapho kwakukhona upiyano lwakhe, izincwadi zakhe ezingenakubalwa, amakhasethi alalelwayo namavidiyo, amarekhodi akhe anquma ukuthi kwase kuyisikhathi sokulahla ikhethini. Phakade.
Futhi-ke, njengoba kwenzeka njalo lapho umculi omkhulu efa, umuntu ucabanga ngokushesha ngefa lobuciko alishiya. Obani izindlalifa zakhe? Ngubani ozokwazi ukuqhubeka naleyo ndlela elandela ezinyathelweni ezilandelwe yinkosi yaseSicilian? Impendulo? Akekho. Akekho umuntu ozokwazi ukuqoqa ifa likaFranco Battiato, akekho ozokwazi ukuqhubeka nalolo hambo lwasemhlabeni oluphazanyiswa ngoMeyi 18, 2021. Ungalingisa isitayela somculo, ungazama ukuthatha imibono emibhalweni yabanye ababhali bezingoma abaphambili, ungakwazi zama ukufaka umbono wezepolitiki - wokuxhumana nomculi. Akekho umuntu ozokwazi ukuzuza njengefa ubuciko bukaFranco Battiato, ngoba okwakhe kwaba ugqozi olwamholela lapho lapho abanye bengakwazi futhi abangeke bakwazi ukufinyelela khona. Kuyena kunokuthile okwazalelwa ngaphakathi, kusuka emphefumulweni wakhe nasesifundweni esingapheli, eqhutshwa ilukuluku elimazayo, wafinyelela iziqongo ezingacwaningiswanga nezingacwaniswanga kubo bonke abanye. Ngalesi sizathu ifa lakhe lizohlala lingatholakali, kanti ubuciko bakhe, ngenhlanhla, buzoqhubeka bufinyeleleke kubo bonke, okungenani kubo bonke labo umphefumulo ongelona nje igama kepha ungumongo wobuntu bethu.
Usale kahle Mphathi, kwangathi umhlaba ungakhanya kuwe.
I-athikili kaStefano Vori
