Isabel Allende: Tales of passion | TED

Prevodilac: Biljana Zlatanovic Lektor: Ranka Zarkovic

Thank you so much.

Hvala vam mnogo. Zaista je zastrašujuće biti ovde

It's really scary to be here among the smartest of the smart.

sa najpametnijima od pametnih.

(Laughter)

Ovde sam da bih vam ispričala nekoliko priča o strasti.

I'm here to tell you a few tales of passion.

There's a Jewish saying that I love:

Postoji jevrejska poslovica koju volim.

What is truer than truth?

Šta je istinitije od istine? Odgovor je: priča.

Answer: the story.

I'm a storyteller.

Ja sam pripovedač. Želim da prenesem nešto što je istinitije od istine

I want to convey something that is truer than truth

about our common humanity.

o našem zajedničkom čovečanstvu.

All stories interest me,

Interesuju me sve priče, a neke me proganjaju

and some haunt me until I end up writing them.

sve dok ih ne napišem.

Certain themes keep coming up:

Određene teme se uporno pojavljuju:

justice, loyalty, violence, death, political and social issues,

pravda, vernost, nasilje, smrt, politički i socijalni problemi,

freedom.

sloboda.

I'm aware of the mystery around us,

Svesna sam misterije koja nas okružuje,

so I write about coincidences, premonitions,

tako da pišem o slučajnostima, predosećanjima,

emotions, dreams, the power of nature, magic.

osećajima, snovima, moći prirode, magiji.

In the last 20 years, I have published a few books,

U poslednjih 20 godina objavila sam nekoliko knjiga,

but I have lived in anonymity until February of 2006,

ali sam živela u anonimnosti sve do februara 2006.,

when I carried the Olympic flag in the Winter Olympics in Italy.

kada sam nosila olimpijsku zastavu na Zimskoj olimpijadi u Italiji.

Zbog toga sam postala slavna. Sada me ljudi prepoznaju u "Mejsiju",

That made me a celebrity.

(Laughter)

Now people recognize me in Macy's,

i moji unuci misle da sam kul.

and my grandchildren think that I'm cool.

(Laughter)

(Smeh)

Allow me to tell you about my four minutes of fame.

Dozvolite mi da vam ispričam o svojih četiri minuta slave.

Jedan od organizatora olimpijske ceremonije,

One of the organizers of the Olympic ceremony,

of the opening ceremony,

ceremonije otvaranja,

called me and said that I had been selected to be one of the flag bearers.

pozvao me je i rekao da sam odabrana

da budem jedan od nosilaca zastave.

I replied that surely, this was a case of mistaken identity,

Odgovorila sam da se sigurno radi o zameni identiteta,

because I'm as far as you can get from being an athlete.

jer sam jako daleko od toga da budem atletičar.

Actually, I wasn't even sure that I could go around the stadium

Zapravo, nisam ni bila sigurna da mogu da prošetam oko stadiona

without a walker.

bez šetalice.

(Smeh)

(Laughter)

I was told that this was no laughing matter.

Rekli su mi da se ne treba šaliti s tim.

This would be the first time

Ovo bi bio prvi put da

that only women would carry the Olympic flag.

samo žene nose olimpijsku zastavu.

Pet žena koje predstavljaju pet kontinenata,

Five women, representing five continents,

and three Olympic gold medal winners.

i tri osvajačice zlatne olimpijske medalje.

My first question was, naturally:

Moje prvo pitanje je bilo, naravno,

What was I going to wear?

šta će mi dati da obučem?

(Laughter)

(Smeh)

"A uniform," she said,

Uniformu, rekla je,

and asked for my measurements.

i pitala me za moje mere.

My measurements.

Moje mere.

Imala sam sliku sebe u perjanoj jakni,

I had a vision of myself in a fluffy anorak,

looking like the Michelin Man.

kako izgledam kao Mišelinova maskota.

(Laughter)

(Smeh)

Sredinom februara

By the middle of February, I found myself in Turin,

našla sam se u Torinu, gde je radosna masa

where enthusiastic crowds cheered

klicala kada je bilo koji od 80 olimpijskih timova bio na ulici.

when any of the 80 Olympic teams was in the street.

Those athletes had sacrificed everything to compete in the games.

Ti atletičari su sve žrtvovali samo da bi se takmičili na igrama.

They all deserved to win, but there's the element of luck.

Svi su zaslužili da pobede, ali je tu i elemenat sreće.

A speck of snow, an inch of ice, the force of the wind

Mrvica snega, malo leda, snaga vetra,

can determine the result of a race or a game.

mogu da odluče o rezultatu trke ili utakmice.

However, what matters most, more than training or luck, is the heart.

Međutim ono što se najviše računa -- više od treninga ili sreće -- je srce.

Only a fearless and determined heart will get the gold medal.

Samo neustrašivo i odlučno srce će osvojiti zlatnu medalju.

It is all about passion.

Sve je u strasti.

The streets of Turin were covered with red posters

Ulice Torina bile su preplavljene crvenim posterima

announcing the slogan of the Olympics:

koji su najavljivali slogan Olimpijade.

"Passion lives here."

Ovde živi strast. Zar to nije uvek istina?

Isn't it always true?

Heart is what drives us and determines our fate.

Srce je ono što nas vodi i odlučuje o našoj sudbini.

To je ono što mi treba za likove iz mojih knjiga:

That is what I need for my characters in my books:

a passionate heart.

strastveno srce.

I need mavericks, dissidents, adventurers, outsiders and rebels,

Potrebni su mi odmetnici, disidenti, avanturisti, autsajderi i buntovnici,

who ask questions, bend the rules and take risks.

koji postavljaju pitanja, odstupaju od pravila i rizikuju.

People like all of you in this room.

Ljudi kao svi vi u ovoj prostoriji.

Fini ljudi sa zdravim razumom nisu zanimljivi likovi.

Nice people with common sense do not make interesting characters.

(Laughter)

(Smeh)

They only make good former spouses.

Oni su samo dobri da budu bivši supružnici.

(Laughter)

(Smeh)

(Applause)

(Aplauz)

In the greenroom of the stadium, I met the other flag bearers:

U zelenoj sobi stadiona upoznala sam druge nosioce zastave:

tri atletičarke i glumice Suzan Sarandon i Sofiju Loren.

three athletes and the actresses Susan Sarandon and Sophia Loren.

Also, two women with passionate hearts:

I još dve žene sa strastvenim srcima:

Wangari Maathai, the Nobel Prize winner from Kenya

Vangari Matai, dobitnicu Nobelove nagrade iz Kenije

who has planted 30 million trees,

koja je zasadila 30 miliona drveća i time

and by doing so, she has changed the soil, the weather, in some places in Africa,

je promenila zemljište, klimu

u nekim mestima u Africi i naravno

and of course, the economic conditions in many villages;

ekonomsko stanje u mnogim selima.

and Somaly Mam,

I Somali Mam, aktivistkinju iz Kambodže koja se strastveno bori

a Cambodian activist who fights passionately against child prostitution.

protiv dečije prostitucije.

When she was 14 years old, her grandfather sold her to a brothel.

Kada je imala 14 godina, njen deda ju je prodao bordelu.

She told us of little girls raped by men

Rekla nam je da su devojčice silovali muškarci koji veruju da

who believe that having sex with a very young virgin

će ih seks sa veoma mladom nevinom devojkom izlečiti od AIDS-a.

will cure them from AIDS,

I pričala nam je o bordelima gde su deca primorana da prime pet,

and of brothels where children are forced to receive 15 clients per day,

15 klijenata dnevno,

and if they rebel, they are tortured with electricity.

i ako se pobune, muče ih strujom.

In the greenroom, I received my uniform.

Dobila sam moju uniformu u zelenoj sobi.

It was not the kind of outfit that I normally wear,

To nije bila odeća koju bih inače nosila,

but it was far from the Michelin Man suit that I had anticipated.

ali je bila daleko od odela čovečuljka Mišelina

koje sam očekivala. Zaista nije bilo tako loše.

Not bad, really.

I looked like a refrigerator.

Izgledala sam kao frižider.

(Laughter)

(Smeh)

But so did most of the flag bearers, except Sophia Loren,

Ali isto tako su izgledali i drugi nosioci zastave, osim Sofije Loren,

the universal symbol of beauty and passion.

univerzalnog simbola lepote i strasti.

Sophia is over 70 and she looks great.

Sofija ima preko 70 godina i izgleda sjajno.

She's sexy, slim and tall, with a deep tan.

Seksi je, vitka i visoka, preplanula.

Now, how can you have a deep tan and have no wrinkles?

Ali kako možeš da budeš preplanuo, a da nemaš bore?

I don't know.

Ne znam.

Kada su je pitali u intervjuu na televiziji: "Kako može da izgleda tako dobro?"

When asked in a TV interview how could she look so good,

she replied, "Posture."

Odgovorila je: "Stav. Leđa su mi uvek uspravna,

(Laughter)

"My back is always straight,

and I don't make old people's noises."

i ne proizvodim staračke zvuke."

(Smeh)

(Laughter)

So there you have some free advice

Tako da, evo vam besplatnog saveta

od jedne od najlepših žena na planeti.

from one of the most beautiful women on earth:

no grunting, no coughing, no wheezing,

Nema groktanja, kašljanja, šištanja,

no talking to yourselves, no farting.

nema pričanja sa samim sobom, nema prdenja.

(Smeh)

(Laughter)

Pa dobro, nije baš tako rekla.

Well, she didn't say that, exactly.

(Laughter)

(Smeh)

At some point around midnight,

U nekom trenutku oko ponoći,

we were summoned to the wings of the stadium,

pozvani smo do krila stadiona,

and the loudspeakers announced the Olympic flag,

zvučnici su najavili Olimpijsku zastavu i muzika je počela --

and the music started --

by the way, the same music that starts here, the "Aida" march.

inače, ista muzika koja ovde počinje,

Triumfalni Marš iz Aide.

Sophia Loren was right in front of me.

Sofija Loren je bila tačno ispred mene -- za stopu je viša od mene,

She's a foot taller than I am, not counting the poofy hair.

ako ne računamo pufnastu kosu.

(Laughter)

(Smeh)

She walked elegantly, like a giraffe on the African savanna,

Hodala je elegantno, kao žirafa na afričkoj savani,

holding the flag on her shoulder.

držeći zastavu na ramenu. Ja sam džogirala iza

I jogged behind --

(Laughter)

(Smeh)

on my tiptoes, holding the flag on my extended arm,

-- na vrhovima prstiju -- držeći zastavu na ispruženoj ruci,

so that my head was actually under the damn flag.

tako da mi je glava bila ispod te proklete zastave.

(Laughter)

(Smeh)

All the cameras were, of course, on Sophia.

Sve kamere su naravno bile uprte u Sofiju,

That was fortunate for me,

na moju sreću, jer se na većini fotografija u novinama

because in most press photos, I appear too --

pojavljujem i ja, mada često između Sofijinih nogu.

although, often between Sophia's legs --

(Laughter)

(Smeh)

a place where most men would love to be.

Mesto gde bi većina muškaraca volela da bude.

(Laughter)

(Smeh)

(Aplauz)

(Applause)

The best four minutes of my entire life were those in the Olympic stadium.

Najboljih četiri minuta mog života

bili su ti na Olimpijskim igrama.

Moj muž se uvredi kada kažem ovo --

My husband is offended when I say this,

although I have explained to him that what we do in private

mada sam mu objasnila da ono što mi nasamo radimo

usually takes less than four minutes --

obično traje manje od četiri minuta --

(Laughter)

(Smeh)

so he shouldn't take it personally.

-- tako da ne bi trebalo to da shvati lično.

(Laughter)

I have all the press clippings of those four magnificent minutes

Imam sve isečke iz novina tih sjajnih četiri minuta,

because I don't want to forget them

jer ne želim da ih zaboravim

when old age destroys my brain cells.

kada mi starost uništi moždane ćelije.

I want to carry in my heart forever the key word of the Olympics:

Želim zauvek da nosim u srcu ključnu reč Olimpijskih igara --

strast.

passion.

Evo jedne priče o strasti.

So here's a tale of passion.

The year is 1998,

Godina je 1998., mesto je zatvorenički kamp

the place is a prison camp for Tutsi refugees in Congo.

za Tutsi izbeglice u Kongu.

By the way, 80 percent of all refugees and displaced people in the world

Inače, 80 posto svih izbeglica i izgnanika u svetu

are women and girls.

su žene i devojčice.

Ovo mesto u Kongu možemo nazvati kamp smrti,

We can call this place in Congo a death camp,

because those who are not killed will die of disease or starvation.

jer oni koji nisu ubijeni, umreće od bolesti i izgladnjivanja.

The protagonists of this story are a young woman, Rose Mapendo,

Likovi ove priče

su mlada žena Roz Mapendo i njena deca.

and her children.

She's pregnant and a widow.

Ona je trudna i udovica je.

Vojnici su je naterali da gleda

Soldiers had forced her to watch as her husband was tortured and killed.

kako joj muža muče i ubijaju.

Somehow she manages to keep her seven children alive,

Nekako uspeva da održi svojih sedmoro dece živima,

and a few months later, she gives birth to premature twins,

i nekoliko meseci nakon toga, porađa se pre vremena sa blizancima.

two tiny little boys.

Dva sićušna, mala dečaka.

She cuts the umbilical cord with a stick

Seče pupčanu vrpcu štapom,

and ties it with her own hair.

i vezuje je sopstvenom kosom.

She names the twins after the camp's commanders

Daje ime blizancima po čuvarima iz kampa

to gain their favor,

da bi im se dodvorila, i hrani ih crnim čajem

and feeds them with black tea because her milk cannot sustain them.

jer njeno mleko ne može da ih održi.

When the soldiers burst in her cell to rape her oldest daughter,

Kada vojnici upadnu u njenu ćeliju da siluju njenu najstariju ćerku,

ona je zgrabi i odbija da je pusti,

she grabs hold of her and refuses to let go,

čak i kada joj prislanjaju pištolj uz glavu.

even when they hold a gun to her head.

Somehow, the family survives for 16 months,

Porodica nekako preživi 16 meseci,

and then, by extraordinary luck

i tada, nekom neverovatnom srećom i uz pomoć strastvenog srca

and the passionate heart of a young American man, Sasha Chanoff,

jednog mladog Amerikanca, Saše Šanofa,

who manages to put her in a US rescue plane,

koji uspeva da ih stavi u spasilački avion SAD-a,

Rose Mapendo and her nine children end up in Phoenix, Arizona,

Roz Mapendo i njenih devetoro dece završe u Feniksu, Arizoni,

where they're now living and thriving.

gde trenutno žive i napreduju.

"Mapendo," in Swahili, means "great love."

Mapendo, na svahili jeziku znači velika ljubav.

The protagonists of my books are strong and passionate women

Likovi mojih knjiga su jake i strastvene žene

like Rose Mapendo.

kao što je Roz Mapendo.

I don't make them up;

Ne izmišljam ih. Nema potrebe za tim.

there's no need for that.

Pogledam oko sebe i svuda ih vidim.

I look around, and I see them everywhere.

I have worked with women and for women all my life.

Radila sam sa ženama i za žene celog mog života.

I know them well.

Poznajem ih dobro.

I was born in ancient times, at the end of the world,

Rođena sam u prastarom dobu, na kraju sveta,

in a patriarchal Catholic and conservative family.

u patrijarhalnoj, katoličkoj i konzervativnoj porodici.

No wonder that by age five, I was a raging feminist --

NIje čudno što sam već sa 5 godina bila vatrena feministkinja --

although the term had not reached Chile yet,

mada taj termin još uvek nije bio stigao do Čilea,

so nobody knew what the heck was wrong with me.

tako da niko nije znao šta to nije u redu sa mnom.

(Laughter)

(Smeh)

I would soon find out that there was a high price to pay for my freedom

Uskoro sam saznala da je cena koju je trebalo platiti za moju slobodu

bila previsoka, kao i za sumnjanje u patrijarhalnost.

and for questioning the patriarchy.

But I was happy to pay it,

Ali bila sam srećna jer sam je plaćala, jer za svaki udarac koji sam dobila

because for every blow that I received,

I was able to deliver two.

mogla sam da uzvratim dva.

(Laughter)

(Smeh)

Once, when my daughter Paula was in her twenties,

Kada je moja ćerka Paula bila u svojim dvadesetim,

rekla mi je da je feminizam zastareo, da treba da napredujem.

she said to me that feminism was dated, that I should move on.

We had a memorable fight.

Imale smo nezaboravnu svađu. Feminizam je zastareo?

Feminism is dated?

Yes, for privileged women like my daughter and all of us here today,

Da, za privilegovane žene kao što je moja ćerka i sve nas ovde danas,

but not for most of our sisters in the rest of the world,

ali ne i za većinu naših sestara u ostalim delovima sveta

koje i dalje primoravaju na prerani brak,

who are still forced into premature marriage,

prostitution, forced labor.

prostituciju, prinudni rad --

They have children that they don't want or they cannot feed.

Imaju decu koju ne žele ili ne mogu da hrane.

They have no control over their bodies or their lives.

Nemaju kontrolu nad svojim telima ili svojim životima.

Nemaju obrazovanje niti slobodu.

They have no education and no freedom.

They are raped, beaten up and sometimes killed with impunity.

Silovane su, pretučene i ponekad i ubijene, a ubice prolaze nekažnjeno.

For most Western young women of today,

Za većinu današnjih mladih žena sa zapada

being called a "feminist" is an insult.

uvreda je ako ih neko nazove feministkinjama.

Feminism has never been sexy,

Feminizam nikada nije bio seksi, ali dozvolite da vas uverim

but let me assure you that it never stopped me from flirting,

da me nikada nije odvratio od flertovanja,

i retko sam patila od manjka muškaraca.

and I have seldom suffered from lack of men.

(Smeh)

(Laughter)

Feminism is not dead, by no means.

Feminizam nikako nije mrtav.

Evoluirao je. Ako vam se ne sviđa termin,

It has evolved.

If you don't like the term,

change it, for Goddess' sake.

promenite ga, zaboga.

Call it "Aphrodite" or "Venus" or "bimbo" or whatever you want.

Zovite ga Afrodita ili Venus ili bimbo ili kako god hoćete;

The name doesn't matter,

ime nije važno,

as long as we understand what it is about, and we support it.

dokle god razumemo šta je i podržavamo ga.

Evo još jedne priče o strasti, ova je tužna.

So here's another tale of passion, and this is a sad one.

The place is a small women's clinic in a village in Bangladesh.

Mesto dešavanja je mala ženska klinika u jednom selu u Bangladešu.

The year is 2005.

Godina je 2005.

Jenny is a young American dental hygienist

Dženi je mlada Američka zubna tehničarka,

who has gone to the clinic as a volunteer during her three-week vacation.

koja je otišla u kliniku kao volonter

tokom svog tronedeljnog odmora.

She's prepared to clean teeth,

Spremna je da čisti zube,

but when she gets there,

ali kada stigne tamo, saznaje da tamo nema doktora,

she finds out that there are no doctors, no dentists,

nema zubara, a klinika je samo jedna koliba puna muva.

and the clinic is just a hut full of flies.

Outside, there is a line of women

Ispred je red žena

who have waited several hours to be treated.

koje čekaju već nekoliko sati da budu pregledane.

The first patient is in excruciating pain

Prva pacijentkinja je u neverovatnim bolovima

jer ima nekoliko slomljenih kutnjaka.

because she has several rotten molars.

Jenny realizes that the only solution is to pull out the bad teeth.

Dženi shvata da je jedino rešenje da izvadi loše zube.

Nema licencu za to, nikada to nije radila.

She's not licensed for that; she has never done it.

She risks a lot and she's terrified.

Rizikuje mnogo i preplašena je.

She doesn't even have the proper instruments,

Nema čak ni odgovarajuće instrumente.

but fortunately, she has brought some novocaine.

ali srećom ponela je neke analgetike.

Jenny has a brave and passionate heart.

Dženi ima hrabro i strastveno srce.

She murmurs a prayer and she goes ahead with the operation.

Promrmlja molitvu i nastavlja sa operacijom.

At the end, the relieved patient kisses her hands.

Na kraju, pacijentkinja kojoj je laknulo ljubi joj ruku.

That day the hygienist pulls out many more teeth.

Tog dana higijeničarka vadi još mnogo zuba.

The next morning, when she comes again to the so-called clinic,

Sledećeg jutra kada dolazi opet do takozvane klinike,

her first patient is waiting for her with her husband.

njena prva pacijentkinja je čeka sa svojim mužem.

The woman's face looks like a watermelon.

Ženino lice izgleda kao lubenica.

It is so swollen that you can't even see the eyes.

Toliko je otečeno da ne mogu ni oči da joj se vide.

The husband, furious, threatens to kill the American.

Razbesneli muž preti da će ubiti Amerikanku.

Jenny is horrified at what she has done.

Dženi je užasnuta onim što je uradila.

But then, the translator explains

ali onda prevodilac objašnjava

that the patient's condition has nothing to do with the operation.

da stanje pacijentkinje nema nikakve veze sa operacijom.

The day before, her husband beat her up

Prethodnog dana, muž ju je pretukao jer nije bila kod kuće

because she was not home in time to prepare dinner for him.

na vreme da mu spremi večeru.

Milioni žena žive tako danas.

Millions of women live like this today.

They are the poorest of the poor.

One su najsiromašnije među siromašnima.

Although women do two-thirds of the world's labor,

Iako žene rade jednu trećinu poslova u svetu,

they own less than one percent of the world's assets.

one poseduju manje od jednog procenta svetskog prihoda.

They are paid less than men for the same work, if they're paid at all,

Plaćene su manje od muškaraca za isti posao

ako su uopšte plaćene, i ostaju ranjive

and they remain vulnerable because they have no economic independence,

jer nemaju ekonomsku nezavisnost

and they are constantly threatened by exploitation,

i bez prestanka im preti eksploatacija,

violence and abuse.

nasilje i zlostavljanje.

It is a fact that giving women education, work,

Činjenica je da dajući ženama obrazovanje, posao,

the ability to control their own income, inherit and own property

mogućnost da same kontrolišu svoja primanja,

da nasleđuju i imaju posed, doprinosi društvu.

benefits the society.

If a woman is empowered,

Ako žena ima moć

her children and her family will be better off.

njena deca i porodica će biti bogatiji.

If families prosper, the village prospers,

Ako porodice napreduju, selo napreduje,

and eventually, so does the whole country.

i konačno i cela zemlja.

Wangari Maathai goes to a village in Kenya.

Vangari Matai odlazi u selo u Keniji.

She talks with the women and explains that the land is barren

Razgovara sa ženama i objašnjava da je zemlja neplodna

because they have cut and sold the trees.

jer su posekli i prodali drveće.

Zahvaljujući njoj žene sade nova drveća i zalivaju ih

She gets the women to plant new trees and water them,

drop by drop.

kap po kap.

In a matter of five or six years, they have a forest,

Za samo pet ili šest godina, imaju šumu,

the soil is enriched, and the village is saved.

zemljište je obogaćeno, a selo je spašeno.

The poorest and most backward societies

Najsiromašnija i najnazadnija društva

are always those that put women down.

su uvek ona koja sputavaju žene.

Yet this obvious truth is ignored by governments

Ali ovu očiglednu istinu vlade ignorišu

and also by philanthropy.

a isto tako i filantropi.

For every dollar given to a women's program,

Za svaki dolar koji se da za ženski program,

20 dollars are given to men's programs.

20 dolara se da za muške programe.

Women are 51 percent of humankind.

Žene čine 51 posto ljudske populacije.

Empowering them will change everything,

Time što će im se dati moć sve će se promeniti --

more than technology and design and entertainment.

više nego tehnologijom i dizajnom i zabavom.

I can promise you that women working together --

Mogu da vam obećam da žene koje rade zajedno --

linked, informed and educated --

povezane, informisane i obrazovane --

mogu da donesu mir i napredak ovoj zapuštenoj planeti.

can bring peace and prosperity to this forsaken planet.

In any war today, most of the casualties are civilians,

U bilo kom ratu danas, većina žrtava su civili,

mainly women and children.

većinom žene i deca. Oni su kolateralna šteta.

They are collateral damage.

Men run the world,

Muškarci upravljaju svetom i pogledajte ovaj haos.

and look at the mess we have.

What kind of world do we want?

Kakav svet želimo?

This is a fundamental question that most of us are asking.

Ovo je fundamentalno pitanje koje većina nas postavlja.

Da li ima smisla da učestvujemo u postojećem svetskom poretku?

Does it make sense to participate in the existing world order?

We want a world where life is preserved

Želimo svet gde se život čuva

and the quality of life is enriched for everybody,

i gde se kvalitet života obogaćuje za svakoga,

not only for the privileged.

ne samo za privilegovane.

U januaru sam videla postavku izložbe Fernanda Botera

In January, I saw an exhibit of Fernando Botero's paintings

u biblioteci Berkli univerziteta.

at the UC Berkeley library.

No museum or gallery in the United States,

Nijedan muzej ili galerija u Sjedinjenim Državama,

except for the New York gallery that carries Botero's work,

osim njujorške galerije koja ima Boterov rad,

has dared to show the paintings,

nije se usudila da pokaže slike jer je njihova tema

because the theme is the Abu Ghraib prison.

Abu Graib zatvor.

To su ogromne slike mučenja i iskorišćavanja moći

They are huge paintings of torture and abuse of power,

u raskošnom Boterovom stilu.

in the voluminous Botero style.

I have not been able to get those images out of my mind

Nisam bila u stanju da izbacim te slike iz misli

or my heart.

ili srca.

What I fear most is power with impunity.

Najviše se plašim moći koja prolazi nekažnjeno.

I fear abuse of power, and the power to abuse.

Plašim se zloupotrebe moći i moći da se zloupotrebljava.

In our species, the alpha males define reality,

U našoj vrsti, alfa mužjaci definišu realnost,

and force the rest of the pack to accept that reality

i primoravaju ostatak da prihvati tu realnost

and follow the rules.

i da poštuje pravila.

The rules change all the time, but they always benefit them,

Pravila se menjaju stalno, ali uvek u njihovu korist,

and in this case, the trickle-down effect, which does not work in economics,

pa i u ovom slučaju, silazni efekat,

koji ne funkcioniše u ekonomiji, savršeno radi.

works perfectly.

Abuse trickles down from the top of the ladder to the bottom.

Zloupotreba se spušta od najviše stepenice društvene lestvice prema dnu.

Women and children, especially the poor, are at the bottom.

Žene i deca, posebno ona siromašna, nalaze se na dnu.

Even the most destitute of men have someone they can abuse --

Čak i najbeznadežniji muškarci imaju nekoga koga mogu da zloupotrebe --

a woman or a child.

ženu ili dete.

I'm fed up with the power that a few exert over the many

Dosta mi je moći koju malobrojni sprovode nad većinom

through gender, income, race and class.

kroz pol, primanja, rasu i klasu.

Mislim da je krajnje vreme da se donesu promene od velikog značaja

I think that the time is ripe to make fundamental changes

in our civilization.

za našu civilizaciju.

But for real change, we need feminine energy

Ali za pravu promenu nam je potrebna ženska energija

in the management of the world.

u upravljanju svetom.

We need a critical number of women in positions of power,

Potreban nam je veliki broj žena na pozicijama moći,

and we need to nurture the feminine energy in men.

i potrebno je da negujemo žensku energiju u muškarcima.

I'm talking about men with young minds, of course.

Govorim o muškarcima sa mladim mozgovima naravno.

Old guys are hopeless; we have to wait for them to die off.

Stari muškarci su beznadežni; moraćemo da sačekamo da izumru.

(Laughter)

(Smeh)

Yes, I would love to have Sophia Loren's long legs

Da, volela bih da imam duge noge Sofije Loren

and legendary breasts.

i legendarne grudi.

But given a choice, I would rather have the warrior hearts

Ali kada bih imala izbora pre bih imala ratničko srce

Vagari Matai, Somali Mame, Dženi i Rouz Mapendo.

of Wangari Maathai, Somaly Mam, Jenny, and Rose Mapendo.

Želim da učinim ovaj svet dobrim.

I want to make this world good.

Ne boljim, već dobrim.

Not better -- but to make it good.

Why not? It is possible.

Zašto da ne? Moguće je. Pogledajte oko sebe u ovoj prostoriji --

Look around in this room --

all this knowledge, energy, talent and technology.

svo to znanje, energija, talenat i tehnologija.

Let's get off our fannies, roll up our sleeves

Dignimo se, zasucimo rukave

and get to work, passionately,

i prihvatimo se posla, strastveno,

da bismo stvorili skoro pa savršen svet.

in creating an almost-perfect world.

Thank you.

Hvala vam.

(Applause and cheers)