Odabrane poeme iz knjige Deset hiljada cvet-plamenova, deo 61.
Deset hiljada cvet-plamenova, deo 61 (1983.)
6001. THE SAME ROAD
The Road that my Lord Himself
Walked once upon a time
Is now right before me.
Who else is so divinely fortunate?
Who else has this chance
To be supremely perfect?
6001. ISTA STAZA
Staza kojom je moj Gospod Lično
Jednom hodao
Sad leži preda mnom.
Ko je još takve sreće?
Ko drugi ima ovu šansu
Da bude uzvišeno savršen?
6018. I KNOW WHOSE I AM
True,
I do not know
Who I am,
But I do know
Whose I am.
6018. ZNAM ČIJI SAM
Istina je,
Ne znam
Ko sam,
Ali zato znam
Čiji sam.
6023. A PERFECTED INDIVIDUAL
Only a perfected individual
Can dare to dream
Of a perfect humanity.
6023. USAVRŠENI POJEDINAC
Jedino usavršeni pojedinac
Sme da se usudi da sanja
O savršenom čovečanstvu.
6029. THE INDIVIDUAL
If aspiration does not begin
With the individual,
Then it does not begin.
The same is true for realisation,
And also for manifestation.
6029. POJEDINAC
Ako težnja ne započne
Od pojedinca,
Onda ona ni ne počinje.
Isto važi za spoznaju,
A takođe i za ispoljavanje.
6032. ULTIMATE GOALS
The ultimate in human goals
Is to reach the Himalayan heights.
The ultimate in divine goals
Is to become God's choicest instrument.
6032. NAJVIŠI CILJEVI
Najviši među ljudskim ciljevima
Je da se dosegne himalajska visina.
Najviši među božanskim ciljevima
Je da se postane Božji najodabraniji instrument.
6046. DO GIVE IT AGAIN
My Lord Supreme,
You gave Realisation to Sri Krishna.
Do give it again-this time to me.
My Lord Supreme,
You gave Liberation to the Buddha.
Do give it again-this time to me.
My Lord Supreme,
You gave Salvation to the Christ.
Do give it again-this time to me.
6046. UČINI TO PONOVO
Moj Gospode Svevišnji,
Dao si Spoznaju Šri Krišni.
Daj Je ponovo - ovog puta meni.
Moj Gospode Svevišnji,
Dao si Oslobođenje Budi.
Daj Ga ponovo - ovog puta meni.
Moj Gospode Svevišnji,
Dao si Spasenje Hristu.
Daj Ga ponovo - ovog puta meni.
6050. IF THE HEART IS RECEPTIVE
How can the life
Be empty,
If the heart
Is receptive?
6050. AKO JE SRCE PRIJEMČIVO
Kako život može
Da bude prazan,
Ako je srce
Prijemčivo?
6051. A WISE MAN KNOWS
A wise man knows
What to tell,
How to tell
And
When to tell.
A clever man foolishly tells
More than he knows
Or less than what
He is supposed to tell.
6051. MUDAR ČOVEK ZNA
Mudar čovek zna
Šta da kaže,
Kako da kaže
I
Kad da kaže.
Pametnjaković budalasto govori
Više nego što zna
Ili manje nego što
Treba da kaže.
6053. IF YOUR LIFE IS CHAINED
If your life is chained
To earthly possessions,
How can you expect your heart
To be a heavenly satisfaction?
6053. AKO JE TVOJ ŽIVOT VEZAN
Ako je tvoj život okovan
Zemaljskim posedima,
Kako možeš da očekuješ da tvoje srce
Bude nebesko zadovoljstvo?
6055. SCIENCE TELLS ME
Science tells me
What it can do for my life.
Spirituality tells me
What I can do for God's Heart.
6055. NAUKA MI GOVORI
Nauka mi kaže
Šta ona može da učini za moj život.
Duhovnost mi kaže
Šta ja mogu da učinim za Božje Srce.
6075. TO HAVE OR TO BE
Yesterday
I thought it was better
To have than to be.
Today
I feel it is better
To be than to have.
Tomorrow
I shall keep the same feeling
As today.
6075. IMATI ILI BITI
Juče
Sam mislio da je bolje
Imati nego biti.
Danas
Osećam da je bolje
Biti nego imati.
Sutra
Ću zadržati isti osećaj
Kao danas.
6079. NO MIRACLES, PLEASE
I do not need miracles, please.
I do not even want
To see miracles, please.
I need and expect only
A crying heart and a smiling life.
6079. BEZ ČUDA, MOLIM
Molim vas, ne trebaju mi čuda.
Molim vas, čak ni ne želim
Da vidim čuda.
Treba mi i očekujem jedino
Srce koje vapi i život koji se smeje.
6093. SIX WORDS
Six words have changed
My entire life:
"God loves me.
God wants me."
6093. ŠEST REČI
Šest reći izmenile su
Moj ceo život:
"Bog me voli.
Bog me želi."
6099. AN UNCONDITIONAL GIFT
Constant aspiration
Is not a thing one can achieve
On the strength of one's own capacity.
It is an unconditional gift from Above.
6099. BEZUSLOVAN POKLON
Konstantna težnja
Nije nešto što može da se postigne
Svojim sopstvenim snagama.
Ona je bezuslovan poklon Odozgo.
6100. HE WILL DO EVERYTHING
Am I doing all I can?
The human in me is telling me
That I am doing infinitely more
Than I can.
The divine in me is telling me
That I am doing as much
As I can.
The Supreme in me is telling me
That I have done nothing
And I can do nothing,
But that He has done
And will continue to do
Everything in and through me.
6100. ON ĆE UČINITI SVE
Činim li sve što mogu?
Ljudsko u meni kaže mi
Da činim beskrajno više
Nego što mogu.
Božansko u meni kaže mi
Da činim onoliko
Koliko mogu.
Svevišnji u meni kaže mi
Da ja nisam ništa učinio
I da ne mogu ništa da učinim,
Već da On čini
I nastaviće da čini
Sve u meni i kroz mene.
Preveo: Dejan Maksimović