Knjiga 20

 

Odabrane poeme iz knjige Dvadeset-sedam hiljada izdanaka težnje, deo 20.

Dvadeset-sedam hiljada izdanaka težnje, deo 20, naslovna strana originalnog izdanja (1981.).

 

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1906.

My Lord Supreme,

Whom in this world

Should I obey?

       "My sweet child,

Obey only the one who shows you

All kindness, all compassion

       And all forgiveness.

Only he deserves

       Your constant obedience."

 

1906.

Moj Gospode Svevišnji,

Kome na ovom svetu

Treba da budem poslušan?

       Ljupko dete Moje,

Budi poslušan samo onome ko je prema tebi

Ljubaznost sama, samilost sama

       I oproštaj sam.

Jedino on zaslužuje

       Tvoju neprestanu poslušnost.

 

 

 

1915.

Why does everyone need a project?

Everyone does not need a project,

But if anyone wants to make

Very fast progress

       In his spiritual life,

Then he definitely needs a project.

       When he has a project,

God cheerfully and powerfully gives him

       Three injections:

Inspiration-injection,

Consecration-injection

And perfection-injection.

 

1915.

Zašto svakom treba projekat?

Ne treba svakom projekat,

Ali ako neko želi da

Vrlo brzo napreduje

       U svom duhovnom životu,

Onda mu definitivno treba projekat.

       Kad ima projekat,

Bog mu radosno i moćno daje

       Tri injekcije:

Injekciju nadahnuća,

Injekciju posvećenja

I injekciju savršenstva.

 

 

 

1944.

Do not expect others,

Who are in so many ways

As weak as you are,

       If not worse,

To stop you from doing

       The wrong thing.

It is only your prayer to God

That can eventually help you

Overcome your weaknesses.

 

1944.

Ne očekuj da te drugi,

Koji su na tako mnogo načina

Jednako slabi kao i ti,

       Ako ne i gori,

Spreče da postupaš

       Pogrešno.

Jedino ti tvoja molitva Bogu

Može eventualno pomoći

Da prevladaš svoje slabosti.

 

 

 

1971.

       It is true

That no one worth possessing

Can ever be possessed.

       But every rule

Admits of exception.

My Beloved Supreme is not only

       Worth possessing,

But I can possess Him quite easily

       On the strength of

My absolutely surrendered life.

 

1971.

       Tačno je

Da se nikad niko vredan posedovanja

Ne može posedovati.

       Ali svako pravilo

Dozvoljava izuzetak.

Moj Voljeni Svevišnji je ne samo

       Vredan posedovanja,

Već Ga ja mogu sasvim lako posedovati

       Snagom

Mog apsolutno predanog života.

 

 

 

1980.

How can you maintain purity

       Throughout the day?

Just keep a flower with you

And look at it with a soulful smile

       As soon as impurity

Tries to assail your mind.

 

1980.

Kako možeš da održiš čistotu

       Tokom dana?

Nosi cvet sa sobom

I pogledaj ga s duševnim osmehom

       Čim nečistota

Pokuša da napadne tvoj um.

 

 

 

1981.

A rich person can definitely

       Realise God.

Lord Buddha was a prince.

Sri Ramachandra was a prince.

Janaka was a king.

       Like that, there were

Quite a few rich people on earth

       Who did realise God.

Again, there are some people

       Now living on earth

Who are both materially and spiritually rich.

 

1981.

Bogat čovek definitivno može

       Da ostvari Boga.

Gospod Buda je bio princ.

Šri Ramačandra je bio princ.

Đanaka je bio kralj.

       Poput njih, bilo je

Puno bogatih ljudi na zemlji

       Koji su ostvarili Boga.

Opet, ima ljudi

       Koji trenutno žive na zemlji,

A koji su i materijalno i duhovno bogati.

 

 

 

1982.

       How can you feel

The living Presence of God

       All the time?

Cry for a sincerity-mind.

Cry for a purity-heart.

Cry for a divinity-life.

 

1982.

       Kako možeš da osećaš

Živo Božje Prisustvo

       Sve vreme?

Vapi za iskrenim umom.

Vapi za čistim srcem.

Vapi za božanskim životom.

 

 

 

1990.

Peace and dynamism

       Must go together.

To His children of the East,

God has given peace

       In boundless measure.

To His children of the West,

He has given dynamism

       In boundless measure.

The combination of the two

Will make a perfect world-family.

 

1990.

Mir i dinamizam

       Moraju da idu zajedno.

Svojoj deci na Istoku

Bog je dao mir

       U beskrajnoj količini.

Svojoj deci na Zapadu

Dao je dinamizam

       U beskrajnoj količini.

Njihova kombinacija

Stvoriće savršenu svetsku porodicu.

 

 

 

1998.

A Gift from the Supreme

May come at any time, any place,

And it always far surpasses

       Human dreams.

 

1998.

Blagoslov Svevišnjeg

Može da dođe u svako vreme, na svakom mestu,

I uvek daleko nadmašuje

       Čovekove snove.

 

 

 

Izbor i prevod: Vandaniya