The sweaty teacher's lament - Justin Lamb

Žal znojavog nastavnika - Džastin Lem (Justin Lamb)

Prevodilac: Mile Živković Lektor: Tijana Mihajlović

I'd love to be the compassionate teacher;

Voleo bih da budem saosećajan nastavnik,

the tough, but fair teacher.

strogi, ali pravedni nastavnik,

But to my brilliant young minds,

ali za moje briljantne mlade umove,

these scholars for whom I'd stand up at all costs,

za učenike za koje bih se zauzeo po svaku cenu,

I'm the sweaty teacher.

ja sam znojavi nastavnik.

Not the compassionate teacher who,

Ne saosećajni nastavnik,

hey, by the way, happens to sweat,

koji se usput znoji,

or even the teacher who sweats.

ili čak nastavnik koji se znoji.

No. The sweaty teacher.

Ne. Znojavi nastavnik.

Adjective, sweaty

Pridev, znojavi,

purposefully coming before noun, teacher,

namerno pred imenicom nastavnik,

as if to say, "This is Mr. Lamb.

kao da kažu: „Ovo je gospodin Lem.

Do not define him by the profession he devotes his life to.

Ne definišite ga po profesiji kojoj je posvetio život.

Define him by the geysers he calls armpits."

Definišite ga po gejzirima od pazuha.“

Every morning, I wake up in a cold...

Svakog jutra, probudim se u hladnom...

nevermind.

nema veze.

The easy-going teacher says,

Opušten nastavnik kaže:

"I shouldn't sweat it."

„Ne preznojavam se oko toga.“

The loud teacher says,

Glasan nastavnik kaže:

"YEAH YOU SHOULDN'T SWEAT IT!"

"I NE BI TREBALO DA SE PREZNOJAVAŠ OKO TOGA!"

But even the empathetic teacher doesn't understand.

Ali čak i saosećajni nastavnik ne razume.

I've got funny teacher potential.

Imam potencijal za zabavnog nastavnika.

I used to pretend the notes I confiscated in class

Pretvarao sam se da su beleške koje bih uzeo na času

were thank you letters.

zahvalnice meni.

Acknowledgements of my great teaching.

Priznanja za moje sjajno predavanje.

"Oh ho ho, you shouldn't have!"

„Oh ho ho, nije trebalo!“

Until I intercepted one about a Mr. Stank Pits.

Dok ne presretnem neku gde se radi o gospodinu Smrdljivom.

No, really. You shouldn't have.

Ne, zaista. Nije trebalo.

Ever since I've started developing quirky habits

Od tad sam počeo da razvijam čudne navike

to deflect attention,

da prebacim pažnju sa toga,

to become someone new:

da postanem neko novi,

the teacher who shrugs his shoulders

nastavnik koji sleže ramenima

really aggressively.

izuzetno agresivno.

The teacher who tucks his tie into his pants

Nastavnik koji upasuje kravatu u pantalone

and pulls the end out his fly

i kraj izvlači iz šlica

because he's so wacky.

jer je tako otkačen,

But it's no use.

ali nema svrhe.

Because I had the sweaty teacher, too, for geography.

Jer i ja sam imao znojavog nastavnika, iz geografije.

And to this day I cannot remember the capital of Bulgaria,

I do današnjeg dana ne mogu da se setim glavnog grada Bugarske

and the two bodies of water I know the most about

i dve vodene površine o kojima najviše znam

sat below his shoulders.

bile su pod njegovim ramenima.

And now, I'm the one

A sada sam ja taj

looking like I've got the Atlantic and Pacific

koji izgleda kao da pod rukama ima

in headlocks.

Atlantski i Tihi okean.

The one being asked, "How was the dunk tank?"

Onaj koga pitaju: „Kako je bilo u bazenu?“

"There was no dunk tank!

„Nije bilo bazena!

We live in New Orleans and it is humid!"

Živimo u Nju Orleansu i vlažno je!“ -

is how I'd respond if I was the angry teacher.

tako bih odgovorio da sam ljutiti nastavnik.

Instead, I look the kid in the eye

Umesto toga, dete pogledam u oči

as the sweat cascades down my nose,

dok mi se znoj sliva s lica

and splatters onto his blank paper below,

i pada na njegov prazan papir

and I say, "I sweat because I am working my tail off

i kažem: „Znojim se jer radim kao crnac

and I need you to do the same."

i treba da i vi radite tako.“