Pamwambo wa Tsiku la Wolemba ku Mexico, timapezanso (kuchokera ku nkhokwe yathu) nkhani yomwe m'modzi mwa omwe adatithandizana nawo adachita ndi chiwonetsero chachikulu chachikondi mdziko lathu.
Wolowa m'malo ndi wotsatira wanzeru wanyimbo yachikondi, Armando Manzanero Iye ndiye wolemba nyimbo wofunikira kwambiri ku Mexico.
Wobadwira ku Yucatán kutali Disembala 1934, ali ndi zaka makumi asanu ndi limodzi mphambu ziwiri* Ali pachimake pantchito yake: maulendo, makonsati, makalabu ausiku, sinema, wailesi ndi kanema wawayilesi, ku Mexico ndi akunja, kumamupangitsa kukhala wotanganidwa kwamuyaya. Njira yake yokhalira, yosavuta komanso yongochitika zokha, yamupangitsa kuti azikondedwa ndi kumvera chisoni kwa omvera ake onse.
Ndi kabukhu ka nyimbo zopitilira mazana anayi zolembedwa - yoyamba yolembedwa mu 1950, ali ndi zaka khumi ndi zisanu - Armando amanyadira kukhala ndi ma 50 padziko lonse lapansi, omwe khumi kapena khumi ndi awiri adalembedwa mzilankhulo zosiyanasiyana, kuphatikiza Chitchaina, Chikorea. ndi Chijapani. Adagawana ulemu ndi Bobby Capó, Lucho Gatica, Angélica María, Carlos Lico, Roberto Carlos, José José, Elis Regina, Perry Como, Tony Bennet, Pedro Vargas, Luis Miguel, Marco Antonio Muñiz, Oiga Guillot ndi Luis Demetrio, mwa ambiri ena.
Kwa zaka khumi ndi zisanu wakhala mtsogoleri ndipo mpaka pano wachiwiri kwa purezidenti wa National Association of Author and Composers, ndipo ntchito yake poteteza kukopa kwalimbikitsa gululi ndipo lachititsa kuti adziwike padziko lonse lapansi.
Kumenya kwake koyamba "Ndikulira" kumatsatiridwa ndi "Ndi mbandakucha", "Ndikufuna kuzimitsa magetsi", kenako "Ndikupembedza", "Zikuwoneka ngati dzulo", "Masana ano ndawona mvula", "Ayi" Ndinaphunzira nanu "; "Ndikukukumbukira", "Mumandipangitsa misala", "Sindikudziwa za inu", komanso "Palibe chilichonse chaumwini". Pakadali pano akulemba nyimbo ya kanema Alta Tensión.
Kodi mudali ovutitsa pachiyambi?
Inde, monga onse a Yucatecans, ndidatengera kukonda kwa abambo anga komanso kukonda nyimbo. Bambo anga anali adadam za mafupa ofiira ndikuti amatithandiza, ndikuti adatidzutsa. Iye anali munthu wovuta kwambiri komanso munthu wabwino kwambiri.
Ndinaphunzira kusewera gitala ngati ena onse ku Mérida. Ndinayamba kuphunzira nyimbo ndili ndi zaka eyiti. Pofika khumi ndi awiri ndinatenga piyano, ndipo kuyambira khumi ndi asanu ndimakhala wokonda kuimba. Ndimangoyimba, ndimakhala wokonda nyimbo, momwe ndimakhalira!
Ndinayamba kulemba nyimbo mu 1950 ndikugwira ntchito yoimba piyano m'makalabu ausiku. Ndili ndi zaka makumi awiri ndidapita kukakhala ku Mexico ndipo ndidatsagana ndi Luis Demetrio, Carmela Rey ndi Rafael Vázquez piyano. Zinali ndendende Luis Demetrio, mzanga komanso nzanga wakudziko, yemwe adandilangiza kuti ndisapange monga momwe ndimachitira ku Yucatán, kuti ndiyenera kuchita izi momasuka, ndikuchita zoipa zambiri, kuti ndiyenera kunena nkhani yosonkhezera, nthano yachikondi.
Kodi kupambana kwanu koyamba kwakukulu kunali chiyani?
"Ndikulira", lolembedwa ndi Bobby Capó, wolemba ku Puerto Rico wa "Piel canela". Kenako pakubwera Lucho Gatica ndi "Ndizimitsa getsi", lojambulidwa mu 1958, kenako Angélica María, yemwe amandiwombera ngati wolemba nyimbo, popeza amayi ake, Angélica Ortiz, anali wolemba kanema. Pamenepo amayamba kuyimba zikuto zotchuka zomwe zimadziwika kuti: "Eddy, Eddy", "Tsalani bwino" ndi ena.
Pambuyo pake Carlos Lico amabwera ndi "Adoro", ndi "Ayi", kenako ndikuwulula, olimba kale, pamlingo wadziko lonse. Padziko lonse lapansi, zidakhala kwa nthawi yayitali, makamaka ku Brazil.
Nthawi yoyamba yomwe adandilemba chilankhulo china ku Brazil, mu 1959, Trío Esperanza, nyimboyi imadziwika kuti "Con la aurora", tawonani! Roberto Carlos analemba kuti "Ndikukukumbukira", ndipo Elis Regina wopambana kwambiri mu Chipwitikizi, "Umandisiya wopenga." Modabwitsa nyimbo yomaliza yomwe adalemba. Ndinafika Lachisanu kudzakumana naye Lolemba lotsatira ndikupitiliza kujambula ndipo amamwalira kumapeto kwa sabata.
Mukuwona bwanji tsogolo la nyimbo zachikondi?
Ndi funso loyamba lomwe amandifunsa nthawi zonse. Pulogalamu ya nyimbo zachikondi ndikofunikira, ndiyomwe imasewera kwambiri komanso kuyimbidwa. Malingana ngati pali chikhumbo chogwira dzanja la wokondedwayo ndikumusonyeza chikondi chathu, chidzapitilizabe, chidzakhalapobe. Idzakhala ndi zokwera ndi zotsika, koma ikhalabe. Anthu aku Mexico ali ndi chikhalidwe chamatanthauzidwe komanso olemba nyimbo zachikondi. Ndi nyimbo zosatha. Kuphatikiza apo, kabukhu la nyimbo ku Mexico ndi lachiwiri lofunikira kwambiri padziko lapansi chifukwa cha nyimbo zambiri zomwe zimatumiza kunja.
Kodi ma muses amatenga gawo lanji?
Mususi ndi ofunikira, koma siofunikira, komanso sangasinthe. Ndikofunikira kunena china chake kwa wina chifukwa pakufunika kulumikizana. Ngati pali malo owonetsera zakale abwino, ndiabwino bwanji! Ndizosangalatsa kuyimbira wina: "Ndaphunzira nawe." Ndizowona, ndidaphunzira kukhala, osati chifukwa ndimakonda kwambiri, ndimisala yachikondi, koma chifukwa panali munthu yemwe adandiphunzitsa kuti nditha kukhala bwino kutengera kuthekera kwanga.
Kodi mkazi wako nayenso ndi waluso?
Ayi, ngakhalenso Namwaliyo sanatumize! Tere ndi mkazi wanga wachitatu, ndipo sindidzachitanso mmoyo wanga. Amati kachitatu ndi chithumwa ndipo zidandimenya.
* Chidziwitso: kuyankhulana uku kunachitika mu 1997.
