Knjiga 50

Odabrane poeme iz knjige Deset hiljada cvet-plamenova, deo 50. 

Deset hiljada cvet-plamenova, deo 50, naslovna strana (1982.).

4902.  THE WEIGHT OF INGRATITUDE

A truth-seeker knows

That nothing on earth

Is as heavy as

The weight of ingratitude.

4902.  BREME NEZAHVALNOSTI

Tragalac za istinom zna

Da ništa na zemlji

Nije tako teško

Kao breme nezahvalnosti.

4925.  MY HEART'S ONLY WISH TODAY

My heart's only wish today

Is to feel that everybody

Has a sincere mind and a pure heart.

4925.  JEDINA DANAŠNJA ŽELJA MOG SRCA

Jedina današnja želja mog srca

Je da oseti da svako

Ima iskren um i čisto srce.

4927.  I SAT AT THE FEET OF MY LORD

Powerfully I shook

The dust of ignorance-night

      From my feet.

Then soulfully I went

      And prayerfully I sat

At the Feet of my Lord Supreme

      In His Abode of Delight.

4927.  SEO SAM KRAJ STOPALA MOGA GOSPODA

Energično sam stresao

Prašinu noći neznanja

      Sa mojih stopala.

Onda sam duševno otišao

      I molitveno seo

Kraj Stopala mog Gospoda Svevišnjeg

      U njegovoj Palati Blaženstva.

4975.  YOU ARE WISE, YOU ARE PERFECT

You are wise

      If you can gain knowledge-light

From the illumining minds of the world.

You are perfect

      Only if you can gain wisdom-delight

From the all-fulfilling Heart of the Supreme.

Mudar si

      Ako umeš da primiš svetlost znanja

Od prosveljujućih umova sveta.

Savršen si

      Samo ako umeš da primiš blaženstvo mudrosti

Od sveispunjujućeg Srca Svevišnjeg.

4983.  THEY DO NOT WANT TO REMEMBER

My mind does not want to remember

      How much God has done for it

Although God blessed its breath

Time and again, unconditionally.

My heart does not want to remember

      How much it has done for God

Although it serves God every day

Devotedly, soulfully and unreservedly.

4983.  NE ŽELE DA SE SEĆAJU

Moj um ne želi da se seća

      Koliko je mnogo Bog učinio za njega,

Iako je Bog iznova i iznova

Blagoslovio njegov dah bezuslovno.

Moje srce ne želi da se seća

      Koliko je mnogo ono učinilo za Boga,

Iako ono služi Boga svakog dana

Posvećeno, duševno i bezrezervno.

4989.  THERE IS ALWAYS HOPE

There is always hope

      For any man

Who can pitifully cry in the morning

And heartily laugh in the evening.

4989.  UVEK IMA NADE

Uvek ima nade

      Za onog

Ko ume ujutro jadno da plače,

A uveče srčano da se smeje.

4993.  COURAGE I USE

      Courage I use

To conquer my mind.

      Surrender I use

To conquer God's Heart.

4993.  HRABROST KORISTIM

      Hrabrost koristim

Da ovladam mojim umom.

      Predaju koristim

Da ovladam Božjim Srcem.

Prevod: Dejan Maksimović