The 4 a.m. mystery | Rives

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This is a recent comic strip from the Los Angeles Times.

Ovo je nedavno objavljeni strip iz Los Angeles Times-a.

The punch line?

Poanta?

"On the other hand, I don't have to get up at four

"S druge strane, ne moram ustati u četiri

every single morning to milk my Labrador."

baš svakog jutra zbog mužnje svojeg labradora."

This is a recent cover of New York Magazine.

Ovo je naslovnica nedavno objavljenog New York Magazine-a.

Best hospitals where doctors say they would go for cancer treatment,

Najbolje bolnice u kojima liječnici kažu da rješavaju karcinome,

births, strokes, heart disease, hip replacements, 4 a.m. emergencies.

porođaje, infarkta, mijenjaju kukove ...i hitna stanja u 4 sata ujutro.

And this is a song medley I put together --

A ovo je niz pjesama kojeg sam složio...

(Music)

(glazba)

Did you ever notice that four in the morning has become

Jeste li ikada primijetili kako je 4 sata ujutro postalo

some sort of meme or shorthand?

nekakva vrsta meme ili skraćenice?

It means something like you are awake at the worst possible hour.

To znači da ste budni u najgori mogući sat.

(Laughter)

(smijeh)

A time for inconveniences, mishaps, yearnings.

Vrijeme za neugodnosti, nezgode, čežnje.

A time for plotting to whack the chief of police,

Vrijeme kada planirate ukokati šefa policije,

like in this classic scene from "The Godfather."

kao u klasičnoj sceni iz "Kuma".

Coppola's script describes these guys as, "exhausted in shirt sleeves.

Coppolin scenarij opisuje ove momke kao "iscrpljene, u košuljama...

It is four in the morning."

4 je sata ujutro."

(Laughter)

(smijeh)

A time for even grimmer stuff than that,

Vrijeme čak i za grozomornije stvari,

like autopsies and embalmings in Isabel Allende's

poput obdukcije i balzamiranja u knjizi Isabel Allende

"The House of the Spirits."

"Kuća duhova".

After the breathtaking green-haired Rosa is murdered,

Nakon što je prelijepa zelenokosa Rosa ubijena,

the doctors preserve her with unguents and morticians' paste.

liječnici su je premazali mašću i pogrebnikovom pastom.

They worked until four o'clock in the morning.

Radili su do 4 ujutro.

A time for even grimmer stuff than that,

Vrijeme za tmurnije stvari i od ovih,

like in last April's New Yorker magazine.

poput ove u časopisu New Yorker prošloga travnja,

This short fiction piece by Martin Amis

kratka priča Martina Amisa

starts out, "On September 11, 2001, he opened his eyes

počinje ovako, "Otvorio je oči 11. rujna 2001.

at 4 a.m. in Portland, Maine,

u 4 sata ujutro, u Portlandu, Maine,

and Mohamed Atta's last day began."

i započeo je posljednji dan Muhameda Ate."

For a time that I find to be the most placid

Za vrijeme dana koje je meni najmirnije

and uneventful hour of the day, four in the morning sure gets

i s najmanje događanja, 4 sata ujutro itekako dobiva

an awful lot of bad press --

mnogo lošeg publiciteta...

(Laughter)

(smijeh)

across a lot of different media from a lot of big names.

u raznim medijima i od mnogih velikana.

And it made me suspicious.

Pa sam postao sumnjičav.

I figured, surely some of the most creative artistic minds in the world, really,

Pomislio sam, pa sigurno većina kreativnih umova na svijetu

aren't all defaulting back to this one easy trope

ne pribjegava ovoj učestaloj usporedbi

like they invented it, right?

kao da je prvi puta spominju, zar ne?

Could it be there is something more going on here?

Je li je moguće da tu ima nešto više?

Something deliberate, something secret,

Nešto namjerno, nešto tajno,

and who got the four in the morning bad rap ball rolling anyway?

i tko je uopće prvi oklevetao 4 sata ujutro?

I say this guy -- Alberto Giacometti, shown here

Ja kažem, ovaj tip - Alberto Giacometti, prikazan uz

with some of his sculptures on the Swiss 100 franc note.

neke od svojih radova na novčanici od 100 švicarskih franaka.

He did it with this famous piece

Učinio je to svojim poznatim djelom

from the New York Museum of Modern Art.

iz Muzeja moderne umjetnosti u New Yorku.

Its title -- "The Palace at Four in the Morning --

Naziv? "Dvorac u 4 ujutro"

(Laughter)

(smijeh)

1932.

1932.

Not just the earliest cryptic reference

To ne samo da je najraniji zagonetni zapis

to four in the morning I can find.

o 4 sata ujutro kojeg sam pronašao.

I believe that this so-called first surrealist sculpture

Vjerujem da je ova takozvana prva nadrealistička skulptura

may provide an incredible key to virtually

nevjerojatan ključ za gotovo svaki

every artistic depiction of four in the morning to follow it.

umjetnički opis 4 sata ujutro koji je uslijedio.

I call this The Giacometti Code, a TED exclusive.

Ja to zovem Giacomettijev kod, ekskluzivno za TED.

No, feel free to follow along on your Blackberries

Ne, slobodno ovo provjerite na svom Blackberry-u

or your iPhones if you've got them.

ili iPhone-u, ako ih imate.

It works a little something like -- this is a recent Google search

to ovako nekako izgleda... Ovo je nedavna Google pretraga

for four in the morning.

na temu 4 sata ujutro.

Results vary, of course. This is pretty typical.

Rezultati variraju, naravno. Ovo je dosta tipično.

The top 10 results yield you

Prvih deset rezultata dati će vam

four hits for Faron Young's song, "It's Four in the Morning,"

četiri navoda pjesme Farona Younga, "4 je sata ujutro",

three hits for Judi Dench's film, "Four in the Morning,"

tri o filmu Judi Dench, "4 sata ujutro",

one hit for Wislawa Szymborska's poem, "Four in the Morning."

i jedan navod za pjesmu Wislawe Szymborske "4 sata ujutro".

But what, you may ask, do a Polish poet, a British Dame,

Ali što, možda se pitate, poljska pjesnikinja, britanska dama,

a country music hall of famer all have in common

i poznati country glazbenik mogu imati zajedničko

besides this totally excellent Google ranking?

osim ovoga zbilja izvrstnog rasporeda na Google-u?

Well, let's start with Faron Young -- who was born incidentally

Pa počnimo sa Faronom Youngom - koji je slučajno rođen

in 1932.

1932.

(Laughter)

(smijeh)

In 1996, he shot himself in the head on December ninth --

Upucao se u glavu 9. prosinca 1996. -

which incidentally is Judi Dench's birthday.

što je, slučajnošću, rođendan Judi Dench.

(Laughter)

(smijeh)

But he didn't die on Dench's birthday.

Ali nije umro na njen rođendan.

He languished until the following afternoon when he finally succumbed

Patio se sve do idućeg popodneva kada je podlegao

to a supposedly self-inflicted gunshot wound at the age of 64 --

ozljedi koju je, navodno, sam sebi nanio u 64. godini života...

which incidentally is how old Alberto Giacometti was when he died.

a toliko je, sasvim slučajno, imao Alberto Giacometti kada je umro.

Where was Wislawa Szymborska during all this?

I gdje je Wislawa Szymborska u to vrijeme?

She has the world's most absolutely watertight alibi.

Ona ima najčvršći alibi na cijelom svijetu.

On that very day, December 10, 1996 while Mr. Four in the Morning,

Tog istog dana, 10. prosinca 1996., dok je gospodin Četiri-sata-ujutro,

Faron Young, was giving up the ghost in Nashville, Tennessee,

Faron Young, napuštao svijet u Nashvilleu, Tennessee,

Ms. Four in the Morning -- or one of them anyway -- Wislawa Szymborska

gospođica Četiri-sata-ujutro - ili barem jedna od njih - Wislawa Szymborska

was in Stockholm, Sweden, accepting the Nobel Prize for Literature.

bila je u Stockholmu u Švedskoj i primala Nobelovu nagradu za književnost.

100 years to the day after the death of Alfred Nobel himself.

U dan točno stotinu godina nakon smrti samog Alfreda Nobela.

Coincidence? No, it's creepy.

Slučajnost? Ne, to je jezivo.

(Laughter)

(smijeh)

Coincidence to me has a much simpler metric.

Slučajnost je za mene mnogo jednostavnija magija.

That's like me telling you,

To je kao kad vam ja kažem,

"Hey, you know the Nobel Prize was established in 1901,

"Hej, znate, Nobelova nagrada je osnovana 1901.,

which coincidentally is the same year Alberto Giacometti was born?"

što je sasvim slučajno godina rođenja Alberta Giacomettija?"

No, not everything fits so tidily into the paradigm,

Ne, ne uklapa se sve tako savršeno u ovu paradigmu,

but that does not mean there's not something going on

ali to ne znači da se nešto ne događa

at the highest possible levels.

na najvišim mogućim razinama.

In fact there are people in this room

Zapravo, u ovoj sobi ima ljudi

who may not want me to show you this clip we're about to see.

koji možda ne žele da vam pokažem ovaj snimak kojeg ćete vidjeti.

(Laughter)

(smijeh)

Video: Homer Simpson: We have a tennis court, a swimming pool, a screening room --

IMAMO TENISKI TEREN, BAZEN, SOBU ZA NADZOR...

You mean if I want pork chops, even in the middle of the night,

MISLITE AKO JA POŽELIM SVINJSKE ODRESKE, ČAK I USRED NOĆI,

your guy will fry them up?

VAŠ ČOVJEK ĆE IH ISPEĆI?

Herbert Powell: Sure, that's what he's paid for.

NARAVNO, ZA TO JE PLAĆEN.

Now do you need towels, laundry, maids?

A TREBATE LI RUČNIKE, DONJE RUBLJE, SOBARICE?

HS: Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait -- let me see if I got this straight.

ČEK', ČEK', ČEK', ČEK', ČEK', ČEK' -- DA VIDIM JESAM LI DOBRO RAZUMIO.

It is Christmas Day, 4 a.m.

BOŽIĆ JE, 4 SATA UJUTRO

There's a rumble in my stomach.

KRULJI MI U TRBUHU.

Marge Simpson: Homer, please.

HOMERE, MOLIM TE.

Rives: Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait.

Ček', ček', ček', ček', ček', ček', ček'.

Let me see if I got this straight, Matt.

Da vidim jesam li dobro razumio, Matt.

(Laughter)

(smijeh)

When Homer Simpson needs to imagine

Kada Homer Simpson treba zamisliti

the most remote possible moment of not just the clock,

najužasniji mogući trenutak, i to ne samo u 24 sata,

but the whole freaking calendar, he comes up with 0400

već u cijeloj godini, za njega je to 4 sata ujutro

on the birthday of the Baby Jesus.

na dan rođenja malog Isusa.

And no, I don't know how it works

I ne, ne znam kako se to uklapa

into the whole puzzling scheme of things, but obviously

u ovu zagonetnu shemu, ali očigledno,

I know a coded message when I see one.

znam što je kodirana poruka kad je vidim.

(Laughter)

(smijeh)

I said, I know a coded message when I see one.

Kažem, znam što je kodirana poruka kad je spazim.

And folks, you can buy a copy of Bill Clinton's "My Life"

Ljudi, možete kupiti primjerak knjige Billa Clintona "Moj život"

from the bookstore here at TED.

ovdje u knjižari na TED-u.

Parse it cover to cover for whatever hidden references you want.

Analizirajte je od korica do korica u potrazi za skrivenim navodima.

Or you can go to the Random House website where there is this excerpt.

Ili posjetite web stranicu "Random House" gdje je ovaj izvadak.

And how far down into it you figure we'll have to scroll

I, što mislite, koliko ćemo dugo morati vrtjeti stranicu

to get to the golden ticket?

dok ne dođemo do zlatne karike?

Would you believe about a dozen paragraphs?

Možete li vjerovati, oko dvanaest odlomaka?

This is page 474 on your paperbacks if you're following along:

Ovo je 474. stranica u vašim knjigama, ako pratite:

"Though it was getting better, I still wasn't satisfied

"Iako je bio sve bolji, i dalje nisam bio zadovoljan

with the inaugural address.

inauguracijskim govorom.

My speechwriters must have been tearing their hair out

Moji pisci govora vjerojatno su čupali kosu,

because as we worked between one and four in the morning

jer dok smo radili između 1 i 4 sata ujutro

on Inauguration Day, I was still changing it."

na dan inauguracije, ja sam ga i dalje mijenjao."

Sure you were, because you've prepared your entire life

Naravno da jesi, jer si se cijeloga života pripremao

for this historic quadrennial event that just sort of sneaks up on you.

za tu povijesnu četveroljetku koja ti se, kao, prišuljala.

And then --

I onda...

(Laughter)

(smijeh)

three paragraphs later we get this little beauty:

tri odlomka niže dobijemo ovu ljepotu:

"We went back to Blair House to look at the speech for the last time.

"Otišli smo natrag do Kuće Blair da posljednji puta pregledamo govor.

It had gotten a lot better since 4 a.m."

Puno se poboljšao od 4 ujutro."

Well, how could it have?

Kako je to moguće?

By his own writing, this man was either asleep,

Prema njegovom vlastitu pisanju, čovjek je ili spavao,

at a prayer meeting with Al and Tipper or learning how to launch

bio na molitvenom sastanku s Alom i Tipperom ili je učio kako lansirati

a nuclear missile out of a suitcase.

nuklearni projektil iz aktovke.

What happens to American presidents at 0400 on inauguration day?

Što se događa sa američkim predsjednicima u 4 sata ujutro na dan inauguracije?

What happened to William Jefferson Clinton?

Što se dogodilo Wiliamu Jeffersonu Clintonu?

We might not ever know.

Možda nikada nećemo saznati.

And I noticed, he's not exactly around here today

A koliko sam primijetio, on danas i nije ovdje

to face any tough questions.

da odgovori na ova teška pitanja.

(Laughter)

(smijeh)

It could get awkward, right?

Moglo bi postati neugodno, zar ne?

I mean after all, this whole business happened on his watch.

Mislim, ipak, sve ovo dogodilo za njegova uredovanja.

But if he were here --

Ali da je on ovdje...

(Laughter)

(smijeh)

he might remind us, as he does in the wrap-up to his fine autobiography,

mogao bi nas podsjetiti, kao što to i čini u zaključku svoje lijepe autobiografije,

that on this day Bill Clinton began a journey --

da je toga dana, Bill Clinton krenuo na putovanje...

a journey that saw him go on to become

putovanje kojim je postao

the first Democrat president elected

prvi izabrani predsjednik demokrat

to two consecutive terms in decades.

u dva uzastopna mandata nakon puno vremena.

In generations.

Nakon generacija.

The first since this man, Franklin Delano Roosevelt,

Prvi poslije Franklina Delana Roosevelta,

who began his own unprecedented journey

koji je započeo svoj put bez presedana

way back at his own first election,

još davno, kada je prvi puta uzabran,

way back in a simpler time, way back in 1932 --

davno, u jednostavnija vremena, davne 1932.

(Laughter)

(smijeh)

the year Alberto Giacometti

godine kada je Alberto Giacometti

(Laughter)

(smijeh)

made "The Palace at Four in the Morning."

stvorio "Dvorac u 4 ujutro".

The year, let's remember, that this voice, now departed,

Godine, da vas podsjetim, kada je ovaj, sad pokojni glas,

first came a-cryin' into this big old crazy world of ours.

prvi put zaplakao na ovom našem velikom ludom svijetu.

(Music)

(glazba)

(Applause)

(pljesak)