Ulični prosjak
Odabrane poeme iz knjige "Ulični prosjak" (The Street Beggar):
Ulični prosjak, naslovna strana (2003.).
4.
If I find God
Inside a tiny drop,
Then, immediately,
God the Ocean
Becomes mine.
4.
Ako pronađem Boga
U sićušnoj kapi,
Onda
Bog Okean
Smesta postaje moj.
10.
Love Light more.
Night is bound
To disappear.
10.
Voli Svetlost sve više.
Tama će morati
Da nestane.
41.
We strengthen
The difficult people
By thinking of them.
41.
Ojačavamo
Nezgodne ljude
Ako mislimo o njima.
42.
We disarm
The difficult people
By placing them
At the Feet of God.
42.
Razoružavamo
Nezgodne ljude
Polažući ih
Pred Božja Stopala.
43.
Until God's unconditional Grace
Descends,
I must be responsible
For my own fate.
43.
Dok se Božja bezuslovna Samilost
Ne spusti,
Ja sam moram da budem odgovoran
Za moju sudbinu.
46.
The outer loneliness
Needs friends
And acquaintances.
46.
Spoljašnja usamljenost
Traži prijatelje
I poznanike.
47.
The inner loneliness
Needs only God
And nobody else.
47.
Unutrašnja usamljenost
Traži samo Boga
I nikog drugog.
50.
Aspiration says:
"I shall do it."
50.
Težnja kaže:
"Učiniću to."
51.
Dedication says:
"I am doing it."
51.
Posvećenost kaže:
"Činim to."
52.
Surrender says:
"I have already done it."
52.
Predanost kaže:
"Već sam to učinio."
55.
The human artist
Paints
The outer world.
55.
Ljudski umetnik
Slika
Spoljašnji svet.
56.
The divine artist
Dreams
Of the inner world.
56.
Božanski umetnik
Sanja
O unutrašnjem svetu.
71.
The mind's constant question:
Why?
71.
Um stalno pita:
Zašto?
72.
The heart's immediate answer:
Why not?
72.
Srce smesta odgovara:
Zašto da ne?
94.
When I love God,
I let things happen
In God's Way.
94.
Kad volim Boga,
Puštam stvari da se dešavaju
Na Božji Način.
95.
When I love myself,
I make things happen
In my way.
95.
Kad volim sebe,
Primoravam stvari da se dešavaju
Na moj način.
99.
God tells me repeatedly
Not to take His Work away.
His Work is to change the world,
And my work
Is to love the world.
99.
Bog mi stalno ponavlja
Da se ne mešam u Njegov Posao.
Njegov Posao je da menja svet,
A moj posao
Je da volim svet.
102.
God wants me
To complete
My illumination-task.
102.
Bog želi
Da ispunim
Moj zadatak: prosvetljenje.
103.
God does not want me
To compete
With the rest of the world
In the battlefield of life.
103.
Bog ne želi
Da se nadmećem
Sa ostatkom sveta
Na životnom bojnom polju.
107.
Everybody hates darkness,
But how many are willing
To invoke Light?
107.
Svako mrzi tamu,
Ali koliko njih je spremno
Da prizove Svetlost?
108.
If you are great,
That means
You know how to talk.
108.
Ako si velik,
To znači
Da znaš kako da govoriš.
109.
If you are good,
That means
You know how to listen.
109.
Ako si dobar,
To znači
Da znaš kako da slušaš.
110.
If you are perfect,
That means your silence-sound
Is the answer.
110.
Ako si savršen,
To znači zvuk tvoje tišine
Je odgovor.
113.
The eyes can see the world,
But the heart alone
Can become the world.
113.
Oči mogu da vide svet,
Ali samo srce
Može da postane svet.
Izbor i prevod: Dejan Maksimović
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