O Malinalli, ukube bebazi! Uma bengakubona ngalolo suku lwango-Mashi 15, 1519 lapho iNkosi yasePotonchán ikunikeza, kanye nezinye izigqila ezikanye nesishiyagalolunye, kulowo mfokazi onentshebe futhi ejulukile, ukuze nisayine isivumelwano sobungane.
Futhi wayengeyona intombazane, enqunu ngaphandle kwegobolondo lokuhlanzeka elenga okhalweni lwakhe nezinwele ezimnyama ezimnyama ezimboze amahlombe akhe. Ukube bebazi ukwesaba obukuzwa ukuthi kukhulu kangakanani ukushiya, kwazi bani, nalawo madoda angajwayelekile anamalimi angaqondakali, izingubo ezingajwayelekile, imishini enemilomo yomlilo, ukuduma kwezulu, nezilwane ezinkulu kangaka, ezingaziwa, ekuqaleni ukuthi abantu abangabazi ababegibele kuzo kwakuyizilo ezinamakhanda amabili; usizi lokukhuphuka lawo magquma antantayo, lokuba nesihe salezo zidalwa.
Nakulokhu futhi ushintshe izandla, bekuyisiphetho sakho njengesigqila. Tamañita, abazali bakho bakuthengisela abathengisi basePochtec, abakusa eXicalango, "indawo lapho ulimi lushintsha khona," ukuyophinde uthengiswe. Awusayikhumbuli inkosi yakho yokuqala; uyakhumbula owesibili, inkosi yasePotonchán, neso elibukhali lenkosi yezigqila. Ufunde ulimi lwesiMayan futhi uhlonipha onkulunkulu futhi ubakhonze, wafunda nokulalela. Ubungomunye wabahle kakhulu, ulahle ukunikelwa kunkulunkulu wemvula futhi waphonswa phansi kwe-cenote engcwele.
Ngalolo suku olushisayo ngoMashi ududuzwa ngamazwi ka-chilam, umpristi waphezulu: "Uzoba obaluleke kakhulu, uzothanda kuze kuphele inhliziyo yakho, ay del Itzá Brujo del Agua ...". Kuyakududuza ukuba nabangane, ilukuluku leminyaka eyishumi nane noma eyishumi nanhlanu liyakusiza, ngoba akekho owaziyo usuku lokuzalwa kwakho, noma indawo. Njengawe, sazi nje ukuthi ukhulele emazweni kaMnu. Tabs-cob, ubizwe kabi ngabantu ongabazi abanjengoTabasco, ngendlela efanayo naleyo abaguqula ngayo igama baya edolobheni laseCentla balibiza ngokuthi yiSanta María de la Victoria, ukubungaza ukunqoba.
Wawunjani, Malinalli? Uvela kwizikhangiso zeTlaxcala, uhlala ugqoke i-huipil futhi nezinwele zakho ziphansi, njalo eduze kukaCaptain Hernando Cortés, kepha leyo midwebo, imidwebo nje, ayisiniki umbono ocacile wezici zakho. NguBernal Díaz del Castillo, isosha elivela eCortés, ozokwenza isithombe sakho esikhulunywayo: “ubemuhle, ebudlabha futhi enobungane… ake sithi uDoina Marina, njengowesifazane wasemhlabeni, umzamo omkhulu wobudoda abenawo… asikaze sibubone ubuthakathaka kuye, kodwa umzamo omkhulu kakhulu kunowesifazane ...
Ake ungitshele, Malinalli, ngabe ngempela waba ngumKatolika kuleyo nyanga uhambo olwaqhubeka ngayo waze wafika ogwini lwaseChalchicoeca, namuhla eVeracruz? UJerónimo de Aguilar, owaboshwa ngo-1517 ngenkathi amaMaya enqoba uJuan de Grijalva, nguyena owahumusha amazwi kaFray Olmedo esiya eMayan, ngakho-ke bakwazisa ukuthi onkulunkulu bakho abahlonishwayo babengamanga, babengamadimoni, nokuthi kwakukhona unkulunkulu oyedwa ohlukile. kodwa kubantu abathathu. Iqiniso ukuthi kwakuphuthuma ukuthi abaseSpain bakubhabhadise, kwazise waxoshwa esontweni owalala nomuntu okhohlisayo; Kungakho bethele amanzi ekhanda lakho futhi bashintsha negama lakho, kusukela lapho uzoba nguMarina futhi kufanele umboze umzimba wakho.
Ngabe uthando lwakho lokuqala u-Alonso Hernández de Portocarrero, uCortés akunikeze lona? Ube ngowakhe izinyanga ezintathu kuphela; Ngokushesha nje lapho uCortés eqaphela, lapho ethola amanxusa kaMotecuhzoma, ukuthi ukuphela komuntu okhulume futhi waqonda isiNahuatl nguwe, waba yisithandwa sakho wabeka uJuan Pérez de Arteaga njengomphelezeli wakhe. IPortocarrero yahamba ngomkhumbi yaya embusweni waseSpain futhi wawungeke uphinde umbone.
Ngabe ubumthanda uCortés lo muntu noma udonselwe emandleni akhe? Ngabe ujabulile ukushiya isimo sesigqila futhi waba ulimi olubaluleke kakhulu, ukhiye owavula umnyango weTenochtitlan, ngoba awugcinanga ngokuhumusha amagama kepha wachazela umnqobi indlela yokucabanga, izindlela, izinkolelo zeTotonac, Tlaxcala nama-mexicas?
Ubungazinza ngokuhumusha, kepha waqhubekela phambili. Lapho eTlaxcala weluleke ukuthi unqume izandla zezinhloli ukuze zihloniphe abaseSpain, lapho eCholula uxwayise uHernando ukuthi bahlela ukubabulala. Futhi eTenochtitlan uchaze ukudaleka nokungabaza kweMotecuhzoma. Ngesikhathi sobusuku obudabukile walwa eceleni kweSpain. Ngemuva kokuwa kombuso waseMexico nabonkulunkulu, waba nendodana kaHernando, uMartincito, ngesikhathi kufika umkakhe uCatalina Xuárez, owayezofa ngemuva kwenyanga, eCoyoacan, mhlawumbe wabulawa. Futhi uzophinde uhambe, ngo-1524, ohambweni lwaseHibueras, ushiye ingane yakho eTenochtitlan. Phakathi nalolo hambo, uHernando wakushada noJuan Jaramillo, ngase-Orizaba; Kusukela kulowo mshado kwakuzozalwa indodakazi yakho uMaría, okwathi eminyakeni eyalandela walwa nefa “likayise” wakhe, kwazise uJaramillo wathola yonke into kubazala bomkakhe wesibili, uBeatriz de Andrade.
Kamuva, ngenkohliso, uHernando wayezothatha uMartin asuke kuwe amthumele njengekhasi enkantolo yaseSpain. O, Malinalli, wake wazisola ngokunikeza uHernando konke? Ushone kanjani, ugwazwe endlini yakho kuMoneda Street ekuseni ngolunye usuku ngoJanuwari 29, 1529, ngokusho kuka-Otilia Meza, othi ubonile isitifiketi sokufa esisayinwe nguFray Pedro de Gante, ukuze ungafakazeli ngokumelene noHernando ecaleni elenziwa? Noma ubulawe yilesi sifo, njengoba kusho indodakazi yakho? Ake ungitshele, kuyakukhathaza yini ukuthi waziwa njengoMalinche, ukuthi igama lakho lifana nokuzonda iMexico? Kubaluleke ngani, akunjalo? Yimbalwa iminyaka obekufanele uphile ngayo, okuningi okuzuzile ngaleso sikhathi. Ubuhlala uthando, ukuvinjezelwa, izimpi; ubambe iqhaza emicimbini yesikhathi sakho; wawungumama wokungaziphathi kahle; usaphila enkumbulweni yaseMexico.
