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