Iphupho Lokuqala liyi-silva, inkondlo ende yezifundiswa: ichaza isipiliyoni esinesizungu somoya esihamba ngaphandle nangaphakathi okungenamkhawulo, umphefumulo okhuphukela olwazini nokuthi, ekugcineni, uphela ekwindla.
Kuyindida ukuthi, ngumbono ozixazulula ungabi ngumbono. U-Sor Juana utshela-ke uhambo lwomphefumulo wakhe ngokusebenzisa imikhakha emikhulu ngenkathi umzimba wakhe ulele, indikimba endala njengomuntu uqobo futhi enezinkulumo ezahlukahlukene zefilosofi nezokubhala ezibandakanya uPlato, u-Xenophon, uDante kwi-Divine Comedy yakhe, i-elspirito peregrinode iNkathi Ephakathi, iKepler's Somnium futhi, kamuva, uKterher's Iter exstaticum, ngaphezu kokunye ukubonakaliswa okuningi.
Yize indawo engenamkhawulo uSor Juana akhuluma ngayo kule nkondlo ingumkhawulo ophelele wesayensi yezinkanyezi kaPtolemaic, umuzwa wobuhlakani ochazayo ngowo we-vertigo ngaphambi kokungenamkhawulo. Imiswe phezulu kwephiramidi yayo yengqondo eyenziwe ngemiqondo - kusho u-Octavio Paz - umphefumulo uthola ukuthi imigwaqo ingumgodi ongcwele namawa angapheli. Uma singakucaza okuqukethwe kule nkondlo singasho, ngendlela yokuthi, ngokwenza iphutha kube lula, ukuthi iPhupho Lokuqala lisitshela ukuthi, ngenkathi umzimba ulele, umphefumulo wakhuphukela endaweni ephezulu; Lapho waba nombono omkhulu, omkhulu, futhi okhanyayo kangangokuba kwamkhanyisa futhi kwamenza wangaboni. Ephenduliwe, ngemuva kwalokhu kuthatheka, wafuna ukukhuphuka futhi, manje igxathu negxathu, kepha akakwazi; lapho engabaza ukuthi iyiphi enye indlela eya ilanga liyaphuma limvuse.
Le nkondlo ibaluleke kakhulu emsebenzini kaSor Juana - yena ngokwakhe uthi ekuphenduleni uSor Filotea akabhalanga lutho lokuzijabulisa, ngaphezu "kwephepha abalibiza ngokuthi Iphupho" - hhayi nje ngoba ihlanganisa ukuphakama komlobi abantu besikhathi sakhe nokhokho bakhe kodwa ngoba usebenza ngendlela yezinkondlo neyefilosofi, enye yezindikimba ezinkulu zomcabango womuntu: ukungenzeki kolwazi oluphelele, ukuba yize kokuzama ukufinyelela iQiniso eliPhakeme, ubuncane bomphefumulo ngaphambi kokuhlakanipha.
Nayi amazwibela avela enkondlweni, empeleni anezitanza ezingaphezu kuka-1000:
I-Pyramidal, eyinhlekelele, isuka ezweni elizelwe yisithunzi, iye ezulwini, isuka ematsheni angenalutho, iphuzu lokuzidla, ikhuphuke izenze izinkanyezi, Noma izibani zayo ezinhle bezihlala zikhanya njalo, impi emnyama, ethi ngemiphunga emnyama iveze isithunzi esesabekayo sababaleki, ukuhlekisa, kude kakhulu, ukuthi ubumnyama bayo ukuhwaqabala obekungakafiki esigungwini esiphakeme Kusuka endlebeni kankulunkulukazi, ukuthi muhle kathathu nobuso obuhle obuhle obuzobonakala, kusala umnikazi womoya kuphela okhungathele umoya ominyene awukhiphile: nasekuthuleni okwanelisayo kombuso othule, amazwi athobelayo kuphela avumile ebumnyameni obumnyama, obukhulu , ukuthi ngisho nokuthula akuzange kuphazanyiswe ukundiza sekwedlule isikhathi, nokuhlabelela, kwendlebe embi futhi okubi kakhulu komoya owavumayo, uNoctine onamahloni ungicupha kusuka eminyango engcwele ukucwazimula kwamabhanoyi aphezulu izikhala ezinhle kakhulu ezikwaziyo ukuzama kwakhe ukuvula igebe nokufinyela kufinyelela kwizibani ezingcwele ezikhanyayo ilangabi elingapheli elicisha uma lingadumile ngotshwala obucacile, i-m I-Atheria crasa idla, ukuthi isihlahla seMinerva sesithelo sayo, semishini ecindezelayo ebanga usizi, nokuzinikela okuphoqelelwe, nalabo indlu yabo yezwe abayibonile ibuya, izindwangu zabo yerba unkulunkulu kaBacchus inobedient, azisekho izindaba ezikhuluma ngokwehlukile, ngendlela uma kuguquka okwesabekayo, ifomu lesibili inkungu, ukubonwa besaba ebumnyameni kwesinye isikhathi ngaphandle kwezimpaphe ezinamaphiko ...
