Knjiga 264

Odabrane poeme iz knjige "Dvadeset sedam hiljada izdanaka težnje", deo 264.

Dvadeset sedam hiljada izdanaka težnje, deo 264, naslovna strana (1998.).

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            I prayed

To the goddess of success.

I was at times successful and at times not.

            Now I am praying

To the goddess of progress.

My very prayer gives me utmost satisfaction.

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            Molio sam se

Boginji uspeha.

Ponekad sam imao uspeha, ponekad nisam.

            Sad se molim

Boginji napretka.

Sama moja molitva pruža mi vrhunsko zadovoljstvo.

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Every morning

I purify my mind

With self-giving thoughts.

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Svakog jutra

Ja pročišćavam moj um

Nesebičnim mislima.

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If you trust God implicitly,

Then there is nothing that God

Will not proudly do for you.

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Ako implicitno veruješ Bogu,

Onda nema toga što Bog

Neće ponosno da učini za tebe.

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Do not run with your thoughts.

Let them run astray.

Stay in your heart.

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Ne trči za svojim mislima.

Pusti ih neka odjure.

Ostani u svom srcu.

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There is an unseen Hand.

            I may not see it,

But it definitely is there

            To guide my life.

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Postoji jedna nevidljiva Ruka.

            Ja je možda ne vidim,

Ali ona je definitivno tu

            Da upravlja mojim životom.

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To play on the world-stage,

We need inner courage

            And outer smiles.

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Da bi smo igrali na svetskoj pozornici,

Potrebni su nam unutrašnja hrabrost

            I spoljašnji osmesi.

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Does God ever make mistakes?

He pretends to make mistakes

So that I do not feel miserable

            When I make mistakes.

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Greši li Bog ponekad?

On se pretvara da greši

Tako da se ja ne osećam jadno

            Kad grešim.

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My Lord, I do not know

When things will get easier

            And better in my life,

But I pray to You to give me

            The power of patience

And the light of tolerance.

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Moj Gospode, ja ne znam

Kad će stvari da krenu lakše

            I bolje u mom životu,

Ali Ti se molim da mi daš

            Moć strpljenja

I svetlo tolerancije.

Izbor i prevod: Dejan Maksimović