A lyrical bridge between past, present and future | David Whyte

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The youthful perspective on the future,

Mladalački pogled na budućnost,

sadašnji pogled na budućnost

the present perspective on the future

and the future, mature perspective on the future --

i budući, zreli pogled na budućnost -

I'd like to try and bring all those three tenses together

želeo bih večeras da pokušam da spojim sva tri vremena

in one identity tonight.

u jedan identitet.

And you could say that the poet, in many ways,

A moglo bi se reći da pesnik, na razne načine,

looks at what I call "the conversational nature of reality."

posmatra nešto što nazivam "konverzacijskom prirodom stvarnosti".

A vi se pitate:

And you ask yourself:

What is the conversational nature of reality?

šta je konverzacijska priroda stvarnosti?

The conversational nature of reality is the fact

Konverzacijska priroda stvarnosti je činjenica

that whatever you desire of the world --

da šta god želeli od sveta -

whatever you desire of your partner in a marriage or a love relationship,

šta god želeli od vašeg partnera, u braku ili ljubavnoj vezi,

šta god želeli od vaše dece,

whatever you desire of your children,

šta god želeli od ljudi koji rade za vas ili s vama,

whatever you desire of the people who work for you or with you,

or your world --

ili od vašeg sveta -

will not happen exactly as you would like it to happen.

neće se desiti tačno onako kako biste vi želeli da se desi.

But equally,

Ali jednako,

whatever the world desires of us --

šta god svet želeo od vas -

whatever our partner, our child, our colleague,

šta god naš partner, naše dete, naš kolega,

our industry,

naša industrija,

our future demands of us,

naša budućnost budu zahtevali od nas,

will also not happen.

takođe se neće desiti.

A ono što se stvarno dešava

And what actually happens

is this frontier between what you think is you

je ova granica između onoga što vi smatrate sobom

and what you think is not you.

i onoga što smatrate da niste vi.

And this frontier of actual meeting

A ova granica stvarnog susreta

between what we call a self and what we call the world

između onoga što nazivamo sobom i onoga što nazivamo svetom

is the only place, actually, where things are real.

je zapravo jedino mesto na kom je sve stvarno.

But it's quite astonishing,

Ali prilično je zadivljujuće

how little time we spend at this conversational frontier,

koliko malo vremena provodimo na ovoj konverzacijskoj granici,

and not abstracted away from it in one strategy or another.

a nismo odvojeni od nje jednom ili drugom strategijom.

I was coming through immigration,

Prolazio sam kroz imigraciono odeljenje,

which is quite a dramatic border at the moment,

a to je trenutno prilično dramatična granica,

into the US last year,

u SAD-u prošle godine

and, you know, you get off an international flight

i, znate, siđete sa međunarodnog leta

across the Atlantic,

preko Atlantika

and you're not in the best place;

i niste u najboljem stanju;

you're not at your most spiritually mature.

niste najzreliji duhom.

You're quite impatient with the rest of humanity, in fact.

Prilično ste nestrpljivi prema ostatku čovečanstva, zapravo.

Pa kad dođete do imigracionog sa podignutom kragnom od košulje

So when you get up to immigration with your shirt collar out

and a day's growth of beard,

i bradom starom jedan dan

i imate veoma malo strpljenja,

and you have very little patience,

and the immigration officer looked at my passport

a imigracioni službenik mi je pogledao pasoš

and said, "What do you do, Mr. Whyte?"

i upitao: "Čime se bavite, g. Vajt?"

I said, "I work with the conversational nature of reality."

Rekao sam: "Radim sa konverzacijskom prirodom stvarnosti."

(Laughter)

(Smeh)

And he leaned forward over his podium

A on se nagnuo preko pulta

and he said, "I needed you last night."

i rekao: "Bili ste mi potrebni sinoć."

(Laughter)

(Smeh)

(Applause)

(Aplauz)

And I said, "I'm sorry,

A rekao sam: "Žao mi je,

my powers as a poet and philosopher only go so far.

moje pesničke i filozofske moći su tek tolike.

I'm not sure I can --"

Nisam siguran da mogu -"

But before we knew it,

No, očas posla

we were into a conversation about his marriage.

smo raspravljali o njegovom braku.

Here he was in his uniform,

Stajao je tu u uniformi,

and the interesting thing was,

a interesantno je to

što je gledao u red policajaca uzduž i popreko

he was looking up and down the row of officers

to make sure his supervisor didn't see

kako bi se postarao da njegovi nadređeni ne primete

that we was having a real conversation.

da vodi pravi razgovor.

But all of us live at this conversational frontier

Ali svi mi živimo na ovoj konverzacijskoj granici

sa budućnošću.

with the future.

I'd like to put you in the shoes of my Irish niece,

Želeo bih da vas stavim na mesto moje nećake iz Irske,

Marlene McCormack,

Marlin Mekormak,

standing on a cliff edge on the western coast of Spain,

dok stoji na ivici stene na zapadnoj obali Španije,

overlooking the broad Atlantic.

posmatrajući široki Atlantik.

Twenty-three years old, she's just walked 500 miles

Dvadeset tri su joj godine, upravo je prešla 800 kilometara

iz Sen-Žan-Pje-de-Pora, sa francuske strane Pirineja,

from Saint Jean Pied de Port on the French side of the Pyrenees,

all the way across Northern Spain,

skroz preko Severne Španije,

on this very famous, old and contemporary pilgrimage

na tom veoma čuvenom, starom i savremenom hodočašću,

called the Camino de Santiago de Compostela --

koje se naziva Kamino de Santijago de Kompostela -

Put za Santijago de Kompostelu.

the Path to Santiago of Compostela.

And when you get to Santiago, actually,

A kada zapravo stignete u Santijago,

it can be something of an anticlimax,

može da deluje antiklimaktično

because there are 100,000 people living there

jer tamo živi 100.000 ljudi

who are not necessarily applauding you as you're coming into town.

koji vam baš i ne aplaudiraju dok ulazite u grad.

(Laughter)

(Smeh)

And 10,000 of them are trying to sell you a memento of your journey.

A 10.000 njih pokušava da vam proda uspomenu na vaše putovanje.

But you do have the possibility of going on for three more days

Ali imate mogućnost da još tri dana hodate

to this place where Marlene stood, called, in Spanish, Finisterre,

do tog mesta na kom je Marlin stajala, koje se na španskom zove Finisterre,

in English, Finisterre,

u prevodu, Finistere,

from the Latin, meaning "the ends of the earth,"

što na latinskom znači "kraj zemlje",

the place where ground turns to ocean;

mesto gde se zemlja pretvara u okean;

the place where your present turns into the future.

mesto gde se vaša sadašnjost pretvara u budućnost.

And Marlene had walked this way --

A Marlin je prešla ovaj put -

she just graduated as a 23-year-old from the University of Sligo

upravo je sa 23 godine diplomirala na Univerzitetu Slajgo

with a degree in Irish drama.

na odseku za irsku dramu.

And she said to me, "I don't think the major corporations of the world

I rekla mi je: "Mislim da mi velike svetske korporacije

will be knocking on my door."

neće kucati na vrata."

I said, "Listen, I've worked in corporations all over the world

Rekao sam: "Slušaj, radio sam u korporacijama širom sveta

for decades;

decenijama;

a degree in drama is what would most prepare you for the adult --

diploma iz dramaturgije je nešto što te najbolje priprema za korporativni -

(Laughter)

(Smeh)

corporate world."

svet odraslih."

(Applause)

(Aplauz)

But she said, "I'm not interested in that, anyway.

No, rekla je: "To me ionako ne zanima.

Ne želim da predajem dramu, želim da postanem dramaturškinja.

I don't want to teach drama, I want to become a dramatist.

I want to write plays.

Želim da pišem drame.

Pa sam hodala do Kamina kako bih sebi dala podstreka,

So I walked the Camino in order to give myself some courage,

in order to walk into my future."

kako bih ušetala u budućnost."

And I said, "What was the most powerful moment you had on the whole Camino,

A upitao sam: "Koji je najsnažniji trenutak koji si imala na čitavom putu,

the very most powerful moment?"

naj-najsnažniji trenutak?"

Rekla je: "Imala sam brojne snažne trenutke,

She said, "I had many powerful moments,

ali, znaš, najsnažniji trenutak se desio nakon Puta,

but you know, the most powerful moment was post-Camino,

to je trodnevni hod od Santijaga do ove ivice stene.

was the three days you go on from Santiago and come to this cliff edge.

And you go through three rituals.

I prolaziš kroz tri obreda.

The first ritual is to eat a tapas plate of scallops" --

Prvi obred je da se pojede tanjir tapasa od školjki" -

or if you're vegetarian,

ili ako ste vegetarijanac

to contemplate the scallop shell.

da posmatrate ljusku školjke.

(Laughter)

(Smeh)

Zato što je ljuska školjke simbol i značka vašeg hoda,

Because the scallop shell has been the icon and badge of your walk,

and every arrow that you have seen along that way

i svaka strelica koju ste usput videli

has been pointing underneath a scallop shell.

pokazivala je smer ispod ljuske školjke.

So really, this first ritual is saying:

Pa je uistinu prvi ritual pitao:

How did you get to this place?

kako ste stigli do ovog mesta?

How did you follow the path to get here?

Kako ste pratili stazu da biste stigli tu?

How do you hold the conversation of life when you feel unbesieged,

Kako održavate životni razgovor kada ste neopkoljeni,

kada ste nezastrašeni,

when you're unbullied,

when you're left to yourself?

kada ste prepušteni sebi?

How do you hold the conversation of life that brings you to this place?

Kako vodite životni razgovor koji vas dovodi do ovog mesta?

And the second ritual is that you burn something that you've brought.

A drugi obred je da spalite nešto što ste doneli.

Upitao sam: "Šta si spalila, Marlin?"

I said, "What did you burn, Marlene?"

She said, "I burned a letter and two postcards."

Rekla je: "Spalila sam pismo i dve razglednice."

I said, "Astonishing.

Rekao sam: "Izvanredno.

Twenty-three years old and you have paper.

Imaš 23 godine i koristiš papir.

I can't believe it."

Ne mogu da verujem."

(Smeh)

(Laughter)

I'm sure there's a Camino app

Siguran sam da ima aplikacija Kamino,

gde prosto možete da izbrišete traumatičnu poruku, znate?

where you can just delete a traumatic text, you know?

(Laughter)

(Smeh)

Pokrenuće svetleću baklju,

It will engage the flashlight,

prožeće je bojom

imbue it with color

and disappear in a firework of flames.

i nestati u vatrometu plamenova.

Međutim, donesete pismo ili ga napišete tamo

But you either bring a letter or you write one there,

and you burn it.

i spalite ga.

And of course we know intuitively what is on those letters and postcards.

I, naravno, intuitivno znamo šta je u tim pismima i razglednicama.

It's a form of affection and love that is now no longer extant, yeah?

Radi se o vidu naklonosti i ljubavi koji je sad već nepostojeći, da?

And then the third ritual:

A potom treći obred:

between all these fires are large piles of clothes.

između svih tih vatri su ogromne hrpe odeće.

And you leave an item of clothing

I ostavite deo odeće

that has helped you to get to this place.

koji vam je pomogao da stignete do tu.

Upitao sam Marlin: "Šta si ostavila na ivici stene?"

And I said to Marlene, "What did you leave at the cliff edge?"

Rekla je: "Ostavila sam čizme -

She said, "I left my boots --

the very things that I walked in, actually.

baš ono u čemu sam hodala, zapravo.

They were beautiful boots, I loved those boots,

Bile su to lepe čizme, volela sam te čizme,

but they were finished after seven weeks of walking.

ali bile su potrošene nakon sedam nedelja hodanja.

So I walked away in my trainers,

Pa sam odšetala u patikama,

but I left my boots there."

a čizme sam ostavila tamo."

Rekla je: "Uistinu je bilo neverovatno.

She said, "It was really incredible.

The most powerful moment was, the sun was going down,

Najsnažniji trenutak je bio: sunce je zalazilo,

but the full moon was coming up behind me.

ali je izlazio pun mesec iza mene.

And the full moon was illuminated by the dying sun in such a powerful way

Međutim, pun mesec je bio osvetljen umirućim suncem toliko snažno

that even after the sun had dropped below the horizon,

da čak i nakon što se sunce spustilo ispod horizonta,

the moon could still see that sun.

mesec je i dalje mogao da vidi sunce.

And I had a moon shadow,

A ja sam imala senku od mesečine,

i posmatrala sam moju senku od mesečine kako šeta preko Atlantika,

and I was looking at my moon shadow walking across the Atlantic,

across this ocean.

preko okeana.

And I thought,

I pomislila sam:

'Oh! That's my new self going into the future.'

'Ah! To je novo ja koje odlazi u budućnost.'

But suddenly I realized the sun was falling further.

Međutim, naglo sam shvatila da sunce i dalje ponire.

The moon was losing its reflection,

Mesec je gubio svoj odsjaj,

and my shadow was disappearing.

a moja senka je nestajala.

The most powerful moment I had on the whole Camino

Najsnažniji trenutak koji sam imala na čitavom Putu

was when I realized I myself had to walk across that unknown sea

je kad sam shvatila da lično moram da pređem nepoznato more

into my future."

do moje budućnosti."

Well, I was so taken by this story,

Pa, ova priča me je toliko opčinila

I wrote this piece for her.

da sam joj posvetio pesmu.

Ovo se dešavalo dok smo se vozili;

We were driving at the time;

we got home, I sat on the couch,

stigli smo kući, seo sam na kauč,

I wrote until two in the morning --

pisao sam do dva ujutru -

svi su bili pošli u krevet -

everyone had gone to bed --

and I gave it to Marlene at breakfast time.

i dao sam je Marlin za vreme doručka.

It's called, "Finisterre," for Marlene McCormack.

Naslovljena je: "Finistere", za Marlin Mekormak.

"The road in the end

"Put na koncu

the road in the end taking the path the sun had taken

put na koncu prati stazu koju sunce je pratilo

the road in the end taking the path the sun had taken

put na koncu prati stazu koju sunce je pratilo

into the western sea

u zapadno more

the road in the end taking the path the sun had taken

put na koncu prati stazu koju sunce je pratilo

into the western sea

u zapadno more

and the moon

a mesec

the moon rising behind you

mesec izlazi iza tebe

dok stojiš tu gde zemlja postaje okean:

as you stood where ground turned to ocean:

no way to your future now

nema puta do tvoje budućnosti sad

no way to your future now

nema puta do tvoje budućnosti sad

except the way your shadow could take,

osim puta kojim je tvoja senka mogla ići,

walking before you across water, going where shadows go,

hodajući ispred tebe preko vode, idući kuda senke idu,

no way to make sense of a world that wouldn't let you pass

nema tog puta koji bi dao smisao svetu, a ne bi te pustio da prođeš,

except to call an end to the way you had come,

osim da proglasiš okončanim put kojim si došla,

to take out each letter you had brought

da izvadiš svako pismo koje si donela

and light their illumined corners;

i zapališ njihove osvetljene uglove;

i da ih čitaš dok odlaze sa kasnom zapadnom svetlošću;

and to read them as they drifted on the late western light;

to empty your bags

da isprazniš torbe

to empty your bags;

da isprazniš torbe;

to sort this and to leave that

da središ ovo, a ostaviš ono

to sort this and to leave that;

da središ ovo, a ostaviš ono;

da obećaš nešto što je trebalo da obećaš od samog početka

to promise what you needed to promise all along

to promise what you needed to promise all along,

da obećaš nešto što je trebalo da obećaš od samog početka,

and to abandon the shoes that brought you here

i da napustiš cipele koje su te dovele tu

right at the water's edge,

baš tu na ivicu vode,

not because you had given up

ne zato što si odustala

not because you had given up

ne zato što si odustala,

već zato što sad,

but because now,

you would find a different way to tread,

otkrićeš drugi put da njime hodaš,

i zato što, sve u svemu,

and because, through it all,

part of you would still walk on,

deo tebe će i dalje da hoda,

no matter how,

nije važno kako,

over the waves."

preko talasa."

"Finisterre."

"Finistere."

For Marlene McCormack --

Za Marlin Mekormak -

(Applause)

(Aplauz)

koja za sobom već ima tri izvedene predstave

who has already had her third play performed

in off-off-off-off-Broadway --

daleko-daleko-daleko-daleko od Brodveja -

u Dablinu.

in Dublin.

(Laughter)

(Smeh)

But she's on her way.

Ali približava se.

This is the last piece.

Ovo je poslednja pesma.

This is about the supposed arrival at the sum of all of our endeavors.

Govori o navodnom dolasku do zbira svih naših napora.

In Santiago itself --

Baš u Santijago -

it could be Santiago,

to bi mogao da bude Santijago,

it could be Mecca,

mogla bi da bude Meka,

it could be Varanasi,

mogao bi da bude Varanasi,

it could be Kyoto,

mogao bi da bude Kjoto,

it could be that threshold you've set for yourself,

mogao bi da bude prag koji ste sebi zacrtali,

the disturbing approach to the consummation of all your goals.

uznemirujuće primicanje konzumaciji svih vaših ciljeva.

A jedna od poteškoća kod ulaska u vaš život,

And one of the difficulties about walking into your life,

about coming into this body,

kod dolaska u ovo telo,

u ovaj svet u potpunosti,

into this world fully,

je ta što počinjete da shvatate

is you start to realize

da ste proizveli tri trajne iluzije,

that you have manufactured three abiding illusions

that the rest of humanity has shared with you since the beginning of time.

koje ostatak čovečanstva deli sa vama od postanka vremena.

And the first illusion is that you can somehow construct a life

A prva iluzija je ta da nekako možete da izgradite život

in which you are not vulnerable.

u kom niste ranjivi.

You can somehow be immune to all of the difficulties

Da nekako možete da budete imuni na sve poteškoće

and ill health and losses

i loše zdravlje i gubitke

that humanity has been subject to since the beginning of time.

kojima je čovečanstvo podložno još od postanka vremena.

Ako bacimo pogled na svet prirode,

If we look out at the natural world,

there's no part of that world

nijedan deo tog sveta

that doesn't go through cycles of, first, incipience,

nije izuzet prolaska kroz cikluse: prvo, započinjanje,

or hiddenness,

to jest skrivenost,

but then growth, fullness,

pa potom rast, punoća,

but then a beautiful, to begin with, disappearance,

ali potom, prelepo, u samoj osnovi, nestajanje,

and then a very austere, full disappearance.

a potom krajnje opor, potpuni nestanak.

We look at that, we say, "That's beautiful,

Posmatramo to, kažemo: "Prelepo je,

but can I just have the first half of the equation, please?

ali mogu li ja da dobijem prvu polovinu jednačine, molim?

And when the disappearance is happening,

A kad nestajanje bude u toku,

I'll close my eyes and wait for the new cycle to come around."

zatvoriću oči i čekati da započne novi ciklus."

Which means most human beings are at war with reality

To znači da je većina ljudskih bića u ratu sa stvarnošću

50 percent of the time.

polovinu vremena.

The mature identity

Zreo identitet

is able to live in the full cycle.

je u stanju da živi u punom ciklusu.

The second illusion is,

Druga iluzija je:

I can construct a life in which I will not have my heart broken.

mogu da izgradim život u kom mi neće slomiti srce.

Romansa je prvo mesto na kom to započinjemo.

Romance is the first place we start to do it.

When you're at the beginning of a new romance or a new marriage,

Kad ste na početku nove romanse ili novog braka,

you say, "I have found the person who will not break my heart."

kažete: "Pronašao sam osobu koja mi neće slomiti srce."

I'm sorry;

Žao mi je;

izabrali ste je nesvesno baš zbog te ključne sposobnosti.

you have chosen them out unconsciously for that exact core competency.

(Laughter)

(Smeh)

They will break your heart.

Slomiće vam srce.

Why?

Zašto?

Because you care about them.

Zato što marite za nju.

Uzmite roditeljstvo, da?

You look at parenting, yeah?

Parenting: "I will be the perfect mother and father."

Roditeljstvo: "Biću savršena majka i savršen otac."

Vaša deca će da vam slome srce.

Your children will break your heart.

And they don't even have to do anything spectacular or dramatic.

A čak ne moraju da urade nešto spektakularno ili dramatčno.

Međutim, obično urade nešto spektakularno ili dramatično -

But usually, they do do something spectacular or dramatic --

(Smeh)

(Laughter)

da vam slome srce.

to break your heart.

A potom, godinama žive sa vama poput špijuna i sabotera,

And then they live with you as spies and saboteurs for years,

watching your every psychological move,

posmatrajući vaš svaki psihološki pokret

and spotting your every weakness.

i zapažajući svaku vašu slabost.

I jednog dana,

And one day,

when they're about 14 years old,

kad im je otprilike 14 godina,

with your back turned to them,

dok ste im okrenuti leđima,

in the kitchen,

u kuhinji,

while you're making something for them --

dok spremate nešto za njih -

(Laughter)

(Smeh)

the psychological stiletto goes in.

zariju vam psihološki bodež.

(Laughter)

(Smeh)

(Applause)

(Aplauz)

And you say, "How did you know exactly where to place it?"

A vi kažete: "Kako ste znali tačno gde da ga smestite?"

(Laughter)

(Smeh)

And they say,

A oni kažu:

"I've been watching you for --

"Posmatrali smo vas -

(Laughter)

(Smeh)

a good few years."

dobrih nekoliko godina."

And then we hope that our armored, professional personalities

A potom se nadamo da će nas naši oklopi profesionalne ličnosti

zaštititi od slomljenog srca na poslu.

will prevent us from having our heart broken in work.

But if you're sincere about your work,

Međutim, ako ste iskreni u vašem poslu,

it should break your heart.

srce i treba da vam se slomi.

Trebalo bi da stižete do pragova

You should get to thresholds

where you do not know how to proceed.

gde ne znate kako dalje.

Ne znate kako da stignete odavde do tamo.

You do not know how to get from here to there.

What does that do?

Šta je svrha toga?

It puts you into a proper relationship with reality.

To vas stavlja u pravilan odnos sa stvarnošću.

Why?

Zašto?

Because you have to ask for help.

Zato što morate da tražite pomoć.

Heartbreak.

Slomljeno srce.

We don't have a choice about heartbreak,

Nemamo izbora kod slomljenog srca,

we only have a choice of having our hearts broken

jedino imamo izbor kod toga da nam srca lome

over people and things and projects that we deeply care about.

ljudi i stvari i projekti za koje istinski marimo.

And the last illusion is,

A poslednja iluzija glasi:

I can somehow plan enough and arrange things

nekako mogu dovoljno da isplaniram i podesim stvari,

that I will be able to see the path to the end

te ću biti u stanju da vidim stazu do samog kraja,

right from where I'm standing,

baš sa mesta na kom sam,

right to the horizon.

skroz do horizonta.

But when you think about it,

Međutim, ako razmislite o tome,

jedina sredina u kojoj bi to bilo moguće

the only environment in which that would be true

would be a flat desert,

bi bila ravna pustinja,

empty of any other life.

ispražnjena od drugih oblika života.

No, čak i u ravnoj pustinji,

But even in a flat desert,

the curvature of the earth would take the path away from you.

zakrivljenost zemlje bi vam izmakla stazu ispod nogu.

So, no;

Dakle, ne;

you see the path,

vidite stazu,

and then you don't

a potom je ne vidite,

and then you see it again.

a potom je vidite opet.

So this is "Santiago,"

Dakle, ovo je "Santijago",

the supposed arrival,

navodni dolazak,

which is a kind of return to the beginning all at the same time.

koji je na neki način istovremeno povratak na početak.

We have this experience of the journey,

Imamo to iskustvo putovanja,

koje je u svim našim velikim spiritualnim tradicijama,

which is in all of our great spiritual traditions,

of pilgrimage.

hodočašće.

Ali, samim tim što stojite potpuno na tlu vašeg života,

But just by actually standing in the ground of your life fully,

not trying to abstract yourself into a strategic future

ne pokušavajući da se apstrahujete u stratešku budućnost,

that's actually just an escape from present heartbreak;

to je zapravo tek beg od slomljenog srca u sadašnjosti;

sposobnost stajanja na tlu vašeg postojanja

the ability to stand in the ground of your life

and to look at the horizon that is pulling you --

i posmatranja horizonta koji vas vuče -

in that moment,

u tom trenutku,

you are the whole journey.

vi ste putovanje u celosti.

You are the whole conversation.

Vi ste razgovor u celosti.

"Santiago."

"Santijago"

"The road seen, then not seen

"Put koji se vidi, pa ne vidi

the road seen, then not seen

put koji se vidi, pa ne vidi

padina koja skriva, pa otkriva put kojim bi trebalo da pođeš

the hillside hiding then revealing the way you should take

the road seen, then not seen

put koji se vidi, pa ne vidi

the hillside hiding then revealing the way you should take,

padina koja skriva, pa otkriva put kojim bi trebalo da pođeš,

the road dropping away from you

put koji ti izmiče

as if leaving you to walk on thin air,

kao da te ostavlja da hodaš po praznom vazduhu,

potom te hvata,

then catching you,

catching you,

hvata te,

holding you up, when you thought you would fall,

drži te uspravljenog, onda kad pomisliš da ćeš pasti,

catching you,

hvata te,

holding you up, when you thought you would fall,

drži te uspravljenog, onda kad pomisliš da ćeš pasti,

and the way forward

a put napred

the way forward always in the end

a put napred uvek na kraju

je put kojim si došao,

the way that you came,

the way forward always in the end

put napred uvek na kraju

the way that you came,

je put kojim si došao,

the way that you followed, the way that carried you into your future,

put koji si pratio, put koji te je nosio u tvoju budućnost,

koji te je doveo do ovog mesta,

that brought you to this place,

that brought you to this place,

koji te je doveo do ovog mesta,

no matter that it sometimes had to take your promise from you,

bez obzira na to što je ponekad morao da ti istrgne obećanje,

no matter that it always had to break your heart along the way:

bez obzira na to što ti je usput stalno morao da slama srce:

the sense

osećaj

the sense of having walked from deep inside yourself

osećaj da si hodao iz sopstvenih dubina

out into the revelation,

napolje do otkrovenja,

to have risked yourself

da si ugrozio sebe

for something that seemed to stand both inside you and far beyond you,

zbog nečega što se činilo da stoji i u tebi i daleko mimo tebe,

and that called you back in the end

i što te je na kraju pozvalo nazad

to the only road you could follow,

na jedini put koji možeš da pratiš,

walking as you did, in your rags of love

hodajući baš tako, u dronjcima ljubavi

walking as you did, in your rags of love

hodajući baš tako, u dronjcima ljubavi

and speaking in the voice that by night became a prayer for safe arrival,

i govoreći glasom koji je noću postajao molitva za bezbedan povratak,

so that one day

kako bi jednog dana

one day you realized

jednog dana shvatio

that what you wanted had actually already happened

da ono što si želeo zapravo se već dogodilo

jednog dana si shvatio

one day you realized

da ono što si želeo zapravo se već dogodilo

that what you wanted had actually already happened

and long ago

i to davnih dana

and in the dwelling place in which you lived before you began,

počivalo je na mestu na kom si živeo pre nego što si počeo,

and that

i da

and that every step along the way,

i da si svakim korakom na tom putu,

every step along the way,

svakim korakom na tom putu,

nosio srce i um i obećanje

you had carried the heart and the mind and the promise

that first set you off and then drew you on,

koji su te prvo potakli, a potom te navodili,

and that

i da

i da si bio veličanstveniji

and that you were more marvelous

in your simple wish to find a way

u svojoj prostoj želji da nađeš put

you were more marvelous in your simple wish to find a way

bio si veličanstveniji u svojoj prostoj želji da nađeš put

than the gilded roofs of any destination you could reach

od pozlaćenih krovova bilo kojeg odredišta koje si mogao doseći

you were more marvelous in that simple wish to find a way

bio si veličanstveniji u svojoj prostoj želji da nađeš put

than the gilded roofs of any destination you could reach:

od pozlaćenih krovova bilo kog odredišta koje si mogao doseći:

kao da si, sve vreme,

as if, all along,

you had thought the end point might be a city with golden domes,

mislio kako je konačno odredište možda grad sa zlatnim kupolama

and cheering crowds,

i gomilom koja kliče,

and turning the corner

a skrećući iza ugla

at what you thought was the end of the road,

koji si smatrao krajem puta,

you found just a simple reflection,

otkrio si samo prost odraz

and a clear revelation beneath the face looking back

i jasno otkrovenje ispod lica koje se osvrtalo

and beneath it another invitation,

a ispod njega još jednu pozivinicu,

all in one glimpse

sve u jednom mahu

all in one glimpse:

sve u jednom mahu:

like a person

nalik osobi

like a person or a place you had sought forever

nalik osobi ili mestu za kojima si oduvek tragao

nalik osobi ili mestu za kojima si oduvek tragao,

like a person or a place you had sought forever,

like a bold field of freedom that beckoned you beyond;

nalik odvažnom polju slobode koje te je zvalo preko;

nalik drugom životu

like another life

like another life,

nalik drugom životu

and the road

i putu

the road still stretching on."

putu koji se i dalje pruža napred."

(Applause)

(Aplauz)

Thank you.

Hvala vam.

(Applause)

(Aplauz)

Thank you.

Hvala vam.

(Applause)

(Aplauz)

Thank you very much. Thank you.

Mnogo vam hvala. Hvala vam.

Veoma ste ljubazni. Hvala vam.

You're very kind. Thank you.

(Applause)

(Aplauz)