Chinaka Hodge: What will you tell your daughters about 2016? | TED

Translator: Joseph Geni Reviewer: Joanna Pietrulewicz

Prevoditelj: Ivan Stamenković Recezent: Tilen Pigac - EFZG

Tell your daughters of this year,

Pričajte vašim kćerima o ovoj godini,

how we woke needing coffee

kako smo se budili trebajući kavu

but discovered instead cadavers strewn about our morning papers,

ali otkrili umjesto toga leševe prostrte u jutarnjim novinama,

waterlogged facsimiles of our sisters, spouses, small children.

preplavljene kopije naših sestara, supružnika, male djece.

Say to your baby of this year when she asks, as she certainly should,

Pričajte vašem djetetu kada pita o ovoj godini, što će sigurno učiniti,

tell her it was too late coming.

recite joj da nas je čekala.

Admit even in the year we leased freedom, we didn't own it outright.

Priznajte joj da smo u toj godini unajmili slobodu, nismo je posjedovali.

There were still laws for every way we used our privates

Postojali su zakoni na koje načine koristimo naše privatne stvari

dok su grebli po našim mekim stranama,

while they pawed at the soft folds of us,

grabbed with no concern for consent,

hvatali bez obzira prema suosjećanju,

no laws made for the men that enforced them.

nije bilo zakona za ljude koji ih provode.

Trenirani smo da izbjegavamo,

We were trained to dodge,

to wait, to cower and cover,

čekati, skrivati se i sakrivati,

čekati još, još čekati.

to wait more, still, wait.

Rečeno nam je da budemo tihi.

We were told to be silent.

But speak to your girls of this wartime,

Ali pričajte svojim djevojkama o ovom ratu,

a year preceded by a score of the same,

godini kojoj je prethodila ista stvar,

so as in two decades before,

kao i dva desetljeća prije,

we wiped our eyes,

otrli smo oči,

obložili lijesove zastavama,

laced caskets with flags,

evakuirali scenu zločina u klubu,

evacuated the crime scene of the club,

caterwauled in the street,

mijaukali na ulicama,

laid our bodies on the concrete against the outlines of our fallen,

položili tijela na beton po obrisima naših palih,

cried, "Of course we mattered,"

vikali, "Naravno da smo važni,"

chanted for our disappeared.

navijali za naše nestale.

The women wept this year.

Žene su plakale te godine.

They did.

Jesu.

In the same year, we were ready.

Iste godine, bili smo spremni.

Te godine, izgubili smo našu inhibiciju i kretali se sa hrabrim otklonom

The year we lost our inhibition and moved with courageous abandon

was also the year we stared down barrels,

a također smo gledali u cijevi,

sang of cranes in skies, ducked and parried,

pjevali dizalicama na nebu, saginjali se i branili,

hvatali zlato u hijabu, skupljali smo prijetnje smrću,

caught gold in hijab, collected death threats,

knew ourselves as patriots,

znali sebe kao domoljube,

rekli, "Imamo 35 sada, vrijeme je da se smirimo i nađemo partnera,"

said, "We're 35 now, time we settled down and found a running mate,"

made road maps for infant joy, shamed nothing but fear,

napravimo ceste za dječju radost, bez srama od ičeg, osim straha,

called ourselves fat and meant, of course,

zvali se debelima, i naravno mislili,

impeccable.

da smo savršeni.

This year, we were women,

Ove godine, bile smo žene,

not brides or trinkets,

ne mlade ili ukrasi,

not an off-brand gender,

ne sporedni spol,

not a concession, but women.

ne koncesija, već žena.

Instruct your babies.

Podučite vaše bebe.

Remind them that the year has passed to be docile or small.

Podsjetite ih da je prošla godina kada mogu biti poslušni ili mali.

Neke od nas rekle su prvi put da smo žene,

Some of us said for the first time that we were women,

took this oath of solidarity seriously.

uzeli smo tu zakletvu solidarnosti ozbiljno.

Neke od nas su nosile djecu, a neke od nas nisu,

Some of us bore children and some of us did not,

and none of us questioned whether that made us real

i nitko nije dovodio u pitanje čini li nas to stvarnima

or appropriate or true.

ili je li to prikladno ili istinito.

When she asks you of this year,

Kada vas budu pitale o ovoj godini,

your daughter, whether your offspring or heir to your triumph,

vaše kćeri, bilo vaši potomci ili nasljednici vašeg trijumfa,

from her comforted side of history teetering towards woman,

sa njene utješne strane povijesti koja se naginje prema ženama,

she will wonder and ask voraciously,

ona će se pitati i ispitivati

iako ne može pojmiti vašu žrtvu,

though she cannot fathom your sacrifice,

držat će vašu procjenu toga svetom,

she will hold your estimation of it holy,

curiously probing, "Where were you?

znatiželjno ispitivati, "Gdje si ti bila?

Did you fight? Were you fearful or fearsome?

Jesi li se borila? Jesi li bila prestrašena ili neustrašiva?

What colored the walls of your regret?

Što boja zidove tvog žaljenja?

What did you do for women in the year it was time?

Što si učinila za žene u godini u kojoj je bilo vrijeme?

This path you made for me, which bones had to break?

Za ovaj put za mene, koje kosti su morale puknuti?

Did you do enough, and are you OK, momma?

Jesi li učinila dovoljno, i jesi li dobro mama?

I jesi li ti junakinja?"

And are you a hero?"

She will ask the difficult questions.

Ona će pitati teška pitanja.

She will not care about the arc of your brow,

Neće se brinuti zbog uvijanja obrve,

težine vašeg stiska.

the weight of your clutch.

She will not ask of your mentions.

Neće pitati tko vas je spominjao.

Vaša kćer, za koju ste podnijeli tako puno, želi znati

Your daughter, for whom you have already carried so much, wants to know

what you brought, what gift, what light did you keep from extinction?

što ste donijeli, koji dar, koje svjetlo zbog vas nije ugaslo?

When they came for victims in the night,

Kada su došli po žrtve u noći,

did you sleep through it or were you roused?

jeste li spavali, ili se uznemirili?

Koliko vas je stajalo što ste ostali budni?

What was the cost of staying woke?

What, in the year we said time's up, what did you do with your privilege?

Što ste, u godini kada je vrijeme isteklo, što ste učinili s vašom privilegijom?

Jeste li gledali tuđu bijedu?

Did you sup on others' squalor?

Did you look away or directly into the flame?

Jeste li odvratili pogled ili gledali direktno u plamen?

Did you know your skill or treat it like a liability?

Jeste li znali svoju vještinu, ili ju promatrali kao odgovornost?

Were you fooled by the epithets of "nasty" or "less than"?

Jesu li vas zavarali epiteti "ružne" ili "manje od"?

Did you teach with an open heart or a clenched fist?

Jeste li podučavali s otvorenim srcem ili stisnutom šakom?

Where were you?

Gdje ste bili?

Tell her the truth. Make it your life.

Recite joj istinu. Neka to postane vaš život.

Confirm it. Say, "Daughter, I stood there

Potvrdite to. Recite,"Kćeri, stajala sam ondje

with the moment drawn on my face like a dagger,

sa tim trenutkom iscrtanim na mom licu poput bodeža,

and flung it back at itself,

i bacila ga natrag na samog sebe,

sjekući prostor za tebe."

slicing space for you."

Tell her the truth, how you lived in spite of crooked odds.

Recite joj istinu, kako ste živjeli unatoč lošim izgledima.

Tell her you were brave,

Recite joj da ste bile hrabre,

and always, always in the company of courage,

i uvijek, uvijek u društvu hrabrosti,

mostly the days when you just had yourself.

većinu dana kada ste imali samo sebe.

Tell her she was born as you were,

Recite joj da je rođena kao što ste i vi,

as your mothers before, and the sisters beside them,

kao i vaše majke prije i sestre pored njih,

in the age of legends, like always.

u vremenu legendi, kao uvijek.

Recite joj da je rođena točno na vrijeme,

Tell her she was born just in time,

just in time

točno na vrijeme

to lead.

da vodi.

(Applause)

(Pljesak)