UGrégoire: “umkami ucabanga ukuthi ngiyisikhukhukazi sikababa wangempela”

UGrégoire, isikhukhukazi esingubaba oyinhloko yomndeni oxubile

I-albhamu yakho entsha ethi “Poésies de notrefance” * isanda kukhishwa. Kungani ubeka lezi zinkondlo emculweni?

Ngolunye usuku, indodana yami yokutholwa eneminyaka engu-12 yayikuthola kunzima ukufunda i-L'Albatros, yaseBaudelaire. Ngamenza walalela i-CD ethi “Léo Ferré chante Baudelaire”. Ngemizuzu eyi-10, wayewazi umbhalo ngekhanda futhi waqonda ukuthi izinkondlo aziwona nje amagama ambalwa ephepheni, kodwa ngokuvamile indlela enhle kakhulu yokusho izinto. Le albhamu ngiyenzele nendodana yami uPaul oneminyaka engu-2 nohhafu ubudala. Yebo, usemncane futhi okwamanje, kuye, "umculo kababa" kuphela. Kodwa lapho esekhulile, ngingathanda ukuthi imenze afune ukufunda izinkondlo. 

Ingabe ukuqopha leli cwecwe kukukhumbuzile ngobungane bakho?

Inkondlo ethi “Lapho udadewethu nami” ka-Théodore de Banville yangikhumbuza labo engabafunda ngoSuku Lomama. Futhi zonke lezi zangasoze zabuna zikaJean de La Fontaine, Maurice Carême, Luc Bérimont… zingikhumbuza iphunga likashoki, i-hopscotch, inkundla yokudlala, hhayi umbhedo ongathi sína. Ngamafuphi, isikhathi sokunganaki. Ngaphandle kwalokho, le albhamu ibe yikhefu eliqabulayo ngoba wonke amazwi amnandi futhi alula. Zidlulisela amanani alula kakhulu kodwa nokho abalulekile. Futhi-ke, nami ngahlala ngingumntwana omkhulu! Nginohlangothi oludlalayo. I-poker, imidlalo yebhodi, i-Playstation… Konke lokhu kuyangijabulisa kakhulu futhi ngiyathanda ukuchitha isikhathi nendodana yami idlala isitimela esincane, izimoto, ukuyiyisa ku-merry-go-round…

Ingabe ubaba usushintshile?

Kwashintsha yonke into eqinisweni. Manje impilo yami ayisekho ngami nje. Ngiyabona futhi umthwalo wemfanelo ohambisana nawo. Namuhla, lapho ngenza i-albhamu, ngiyilalela ngendlela ehlukile, ngizitshela ukuthi lapho uPaul noLéopoldine (indodakazi yami enezinyanga ezingu-9) beyilalela, angifuni baphoxeke ngento ethize. Futhi ukuba ubaba kuphinde kwaqinisa isifiso sami sokuzibandakanya nezinhlangano ezinakekela izingane, njengenhlangano ye-ELA engingumxhasi wayo, noma i-Rêves d'enfance. 

Ungubaba onjani?

Umkami angakutshela ukuthi ngiyisikhukhukazi sikababa! Iqiniso ! Kodwa futhi ngingubaba ongumculi, amakhekhe… Empeleni, ngipholile kakhulu. Kodwa-ke kunemithetho yasekhaya, futhi izingane azikwazi ukwenza lutho. Ngithanda kakhulu nokupheka. Ngosuku lwami lokuzalwa, umkami waze wanginika… ijusi! Kusukela lapho, bengilokhu ngihlola amajusi amaningi ezithelo. U-Paul uthanda ijusi yakhe yewolintshi ekhanyiwe njalo ekuseni! Futhi emini, ngimlungisela ukudla kwakhe kwasemini: i-ricotta-spinach pasta, rice-parmesan-tomato… Ngifuna ukumethula ngemikhiqizo emihle, ukunambitheka okulula kodwa okuyiqiniso. Futhi nginenhlanhla, uthanda yonke into. Waze waba ngumthandi weRoquefort! Ngokuthola izinhlobonhlobo zokuthandwa, angabe esekhetha lokho akuthandayo. Emculweni kuyafana. Simenza alalele izitayela esizithandayo. Isuka kuBob Dylan iye kuBeethoven. Lapho ezwa ukuthi “Makube njalo”, useyawabona amaBeatles! Okwamanje, ulalele i-albhamu yami yakamuva nezingoma zika-Chantal Goya eziphindaphindwayo. 

Ingabe uye wathatha kalula indawo yakho njengobaba?

Ekuqaleni kwakungelula ngoba ubuhlobo buqinile phakathi komntwana nomama. Kodwa ngemva kokuzalwa ngakunye, ngangigada ingane ngayinye isonto lonke. Umkami wayethathe iholidi ukuze aphumule. Le mihlangano yomuntu oyedwa kwakuyizikhathi ezibalulekile ezangisiza ukuba ngisondelane nazo.

Uyihlanganisa kanjani impilo yomculi nempilo yomndeni?

Angibuyiseli, yimpilo yomndeni wami kuqala. Ngizama ukuchitha isikhathi esiningi ngangokunokwenzeka nezingane zami. Ngisebenza ekhaya noma nini lapho kunokwenzeka: Ngiqopha izingoma esitudiyo sami sokuqopha futhi ngibambe inhlolokhono ngesikhathi sokulala. Uma ngithatha uhambo phakathi namahora angu-3 ngishayela, ngibuya kusihlwa. Futhi ohambweni, ngihamba noPaul. Ngithatha leli thuba ngoba okwamanje akakayi esikoleni. Kodwa ngo-September, wangena enkulisa. Yena, ujabule kakhulu, mina, ngiyakwesaba kancane ukwehlukana… kodwa lokho kufanele kube kulungile, ekuqaleni, uzohamba ekuseni kuphela. Ekhaya kuhlale kumnandi, nezingane zomkami ezintathu nezingane zethu ezimbili ezincane. Abakhulu bangabalandeli babancane. Asibadingi abazanyana futhi lokho kubanika imithwalo yemfanelo. Futhi ngamaholide, idem, siwachitha nomndeni. 

Ingabe unalo isiko lomndeni?

Yebo, futhi ibalulekile! Njalo ebusuku ngifundela uPaul indaba. Okwamanje, useluthwe yizigigaba zika-Barbapapa no-Monsieur et Madame. Umkami umlethele ingubo yakhe, amgone, avele azumeke.

*Dlala ku-On, Inkampani Yami Enkulu.