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Shane Koyczan: To This Day ... for the bullied and beautiful
Shane Koyczan: Ata hoxe... para os acosados e fermosos
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Por veces hilarante e por veces asombroso, o poeta Shane Koyczan pon o dedo na dor que é ser novo e... diferente. "To This Day", o seu poema de palabras sobre intimidación, cativou a millóns coma un vídeo viral (creado, en colaboración aberta, por 80 animadores). Aquí, fai unha presentación gloriosa, en directo, con imaxes de fondo e acompañado ao violín por Hannah Epperson.
Shane Koyczan - Poet
Shane Koyczan makes spoken-word poetry and music. His poem "To This Day" is a powerful story of bullying and survival, illustrated by animators from around the world. Full bio
Shane Koyczan makes spoken-word poetry and music. His poem "To This Day" is a powerful story of bullying and survival, illustrated by animators from around the world. Full bio
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00:21
There's so many of you.
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Sodes moitos...
(Gargalladas)
De rapaz,
00:28
When I was a kid,
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00:30
I hid my heart under the bed, because my mother said,
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escondía o corazón
baixo o leito porque miña nai dicía,
baixo o leito porque miña nai dicía,
"Se non tes coidado,
alguén virá rompercho algún día"
alguén virá rompercho algún día"
00:33
"If you're not careful, someday someone's going to break it."
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00:37
Take it from me. Under the bed is not a good hiding spot.
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Facédeme caso: ese non é
un bo escondedoiro.
un bo escondedoiro.
00:40
I know because I've been shot down so many times
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Seino porque fun derribado tantas veces
00:42
I get altitude sickness just from standing up for myself.
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que teño vertixe só estando de pé.
00:46
But that's what we were told.
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Pero iso é o que nos dicían.
00:49
Stand up for yourself.
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"Mantente en pé e faite valer"
00:51
And that's hard to do if you don't know who you are.
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Iso é difícil cando non sabes quen es.
00:54
We were expected to define ourselves at such an early age,
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Esperábase que nos definísemos
desde cativos,
desde cativos,
00:57
and if we didn't do it, others did it for us.
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e se non o facíamos,
outros facíano por nós.
outros facíano por nós.
Rariño. Gordo.
01:01
Geek. Fatty. Slut. Fag.
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Puto. Marica.
01:06
And at the same time we were being told what we were,
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E á vez que se nos dicía o que eramos,
01:09
we were being asked,
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preguntábasenos,
01:10
"What do you want to be when you grow up?"
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"Que queres ser de maior?"
01:13
I always thought that was an unfair question.
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Sempre pensei
que esa pregunta era inxusta,
que esa pregunta era inxusta,
01:15
It presupposes that we can't be what we already are.
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Supón que non se pode ser o que xa se é.
01:19
We were kids.
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Eramos cativos.
01:20
When I was a kid, I wanted to be a man.
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De cativo, quería ser un home.
01:24
I wanted a registered retirement savings plan
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Quería un plan de pensións
para poder mercar moitos doces
01:26
that would keep me in candy long enough to make old age sweet.
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e ter unha boa vellez.
(Gargalladas)
01:30
When I was a kid, I wanted to shave.
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De cativo, quería barbearme.
01:33
Now, not so much.
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Agora, xa non tanto.
(Gargalladas)
01:36
When I was eight, I wanted to be a marine biologist.
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Con oito anos quería ser biólogo mariño.
Con nove, vin Tiburón,
01:40
When I was nine, I saw the movie "Jaws,"
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01:42
and thought to myself, "No, thank you."
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e pensei: "Non, grazas".
(Gargalladas)
01:45
And when I was 10, I was told that my parents left because they didn't want me.
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Cando tiña dez anos,
dixéronme que meus pais marcharan
porque non me querían.
porque non me querían.
01:49
When I was 11, I wanted to be left alone.
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Con once anos, quería estar só.
01:50
When I was 12, I wanted to die. When I was 13, I wanted to kill a kid.
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Con 12, quería morrer.
Con 13, quería matar a un neno.
Con 13, quería matar a un neno.
01:54
When I was 14, I was asked to seriously consider a career path.
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Cando tiña 14 anos, dixéronme
que tiña que escoller unha profesión.
que tiña que escoller unha profesión.
01:58
I said, "I'd like to be a writer."
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Dixen: "Quero ser escritor."
02:01
And they said, "Choose something realistic."
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E responderon: "Escolle algo realista".
02:04
So I said, "Professional wrestler."
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Entón dixen: "Loitador profesional".
02:08
And they said, "Don't be stupid."
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Responderon: "Non sexas estúpido".
Mirade, preguntáronme o que quería ser,
02:10
See, they asked me what I wanted to be,
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02:12
then told me what not to be.
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e logo dixéronme o que non ser.
E non era ao único.
02:15
And I wasn't the only one.
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02:17
We were being told that we somehow must become
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Dicíasenos que debiamos chegar a ser
02:19
what we are not, sacrificing what we are
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o que non somos, sacrificando o que somos
02:21
to inherit the masquerade of what we will be.
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e así herdar a farsa do que seremos.
02:24
I was being told to accept the identity
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Dixéronme que aceptase a identidade
que outros me darían.
que outros me darían.
02:26
that others will give me.
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02:29
And I wondered, what made my dreams so easy to dismiss?
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E eu preguntábame por que
os meus soños son tan fáciles de obviar?
os meus soños son tan fáciles de obviar?
02:33
Granted, my dreams are shy,
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De acordo, os meus soños son tímidos,
02:36
because they're Canadian. (Laughter)
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porque son canadenses.
(Gargalladas)
02:41
My dreams are self-conscious and overly apologetic.
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Os meus soños son cohibidos,
e dados a pedir desculpas.
e dados a pedir desculpas.
02:45
They're standing alone at the high school dance,
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Están parados sós
no baile de fin de curso,
no baile de fin de curso,
02:47
and they've never been kissed.
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e nunca foron bicados.
02:49
See, my dreams got called names too.
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Mirade, os meus soños
tamén recibiron alcumes.
tamén recibiron alcumes.
02:52
Silly. Foolish. Impossible.
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Parvo. Estúpido.
Imposible.
02:56
But I kept dreaming.
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Pero seguín soñando.
02:58
I was going to be a wrestler. I had it all figured out.
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Ía ser un loitador.
Xa o tiña todo argallado.
Xa o tiña todo argallado.
03:00
I was going to be The Garbage Man.
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Ía ser O Home do Lixo.
(Gargalladas)
03:03
My finishing move was going to be The Trash Compactor.
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O meu movemento de remate sería
O Compresor de Lixo.
O Compresor de Lixo.
03:07
My saying was going to be, "I'm taking out the trash!"
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O meu dito ía ser,
"¡Estou sacando o lixo!"
"¡Estou sacando o lixo!"
(Gargalladas)
03:11
(Laughter) (Applause)
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(Aplausos)
03:16
And then this guy, Duke "The Dumpster" Droese,
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E entón ese mozo,
Duke "Vertedoiro" Droese,
Duke "Vertedoiro" Droese,
03:21
stole my entire shtick.
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foi quen fixo a miña actuación.
(Gargalladas)
03:25
I was crushed, as if by a trash compactor.
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Sentinme esmagado,
como por un compresor de lixo.
(Gargalladas)
03:31
I thought to myself, "What now? Where do I turn?"
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Pensei para min: "E agora? Que fago?"
03:34
Poetry.
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Poesía.
(Gargalladas)
03:37
Like a boomerang, the thing I loved came back to me.
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Coma un búmerang,
o que amaba volveu a min.
o que amaba volveu a min.
Unha das primeiras liñas de poesía
que recordo escribir
que recordo escribir
03:41
One of the first lines of poetry I can remember writing
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03:43
was in response to a world that demanded I hate myself.
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respondía a un mundo
que esixía que me odiase.
que esixía que me odiase.
03:46
From age 15 to 18, I hated myself
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Desde os 15 ata os 18 anos, odiábame
por me converter no que aborrecía:
03:49
for becoming the thing that I loathed: a bully.
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un matón.
03:53
When I was 19, I wrote,
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Cando tiña 19 anos, escribín:
03:56
"I will love myself despite the ease with which
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"Voume querer malia a facilidade con que
03:58
I lean toward the opposite."
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tendo facer o contrario".
04:01
Standing up for yourself doesn't have to mean
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Valerse só non ten que significar
04:05
embracing violence.
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abrazar a violencia.
04:07
When I was a kid,
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Cando era neno,
04:09
I traded in homework assignments for friendship,
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Intercambiaba tarefas escolares
por amizade,
por amizade,
04:12
then gave each friend a late slip for never showing up on time,
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e poñía escusas aos amigos
por non chegaren a tempo,
por non chegaren a tempo,
04:14
and in most cases not at all.
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na maioría dos casos, por non apareceren.
04:17
I gave myself a hall pass to get through each broken promise.
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Deime carta branca para librarme
de todas as promesas rotas.
de todas as promesas rotas.
04:20
And I remember this plan, born out of frustration
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E recordo este plan, nado da frustración
04:22
from a kid who kept calling me "Yogi,"
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cun neno que non paraba
de chamarme "Yogi".
de chamarme "Yogi".
04:24
then pointed at my tummy and said, "Too many picnic baskets."
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Sinalaba o meu ventre e dicía:
"Demasiadas cestas de picnic".
"Demasiadas cestas de picnic".
04:28
Turns out it's not that hard to trick someone,
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Resulta que non é tan difícil
enganar a alguén.
enganar a alguén.
04:30
and one day before class, I said,
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Un día antes da clase, díxenlle:
04:32
"Yeah, you can copy my homework,"
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"Si, podes copiar a miña tarefa"
04:34
and I gave him all the wrong answers
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e deille todas as respostas erradas
que escribira a noite anterior.
que escribira a noite anterior.
04:36
that I'd written down the night before.
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04:38
He got his paper back expecting a near-perfect score,
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Cando lle devolveron a tarefa,
el esperaba case un dez,
el esperaba case un dez,
04:40
and couldn't believe it when he looked across the room at me and held up a zero.
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e non podía crer
que estaba a termar dun cero.
que estaba a termar dun cero.
04:44
I knew I didn't have to hold up my paper of 28 out of 30,
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Eu sabía que non tiña que ensinar
o meu traballo de 28 sobre 30,
o meu traballo de 28 sobre 30,
04:47
but my satisfaction was complete when he looked at me, puzzled,
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a miña satisfacción foi completa
cando me mirou desconcertado,
cando me mirou desconcertado,
04:50
and I thought to myself, "Smarter than the average bear, motherfucker."
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e pensei para min, "máis intelixente
que o oso medio, fillo de puta ".
que o oso medio, fillo de puta ".
04:54
(Laughter) (Applause)
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(Gargalladas)
(Aplausos)
05:02
This is who I am.
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Este son eu.
05:05
This is how I stand up for myself.
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Así é como me vallo eu só.
05:09
When I was a kid,
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Cando era neno,
05:11
I used to think that pork chops and karate chops were the same thing.
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pensaba que costeletas de porco
e costeladas de karate eran o mesmo.
e costeladas de karate eran o mesmo.
05:15
I thought they were both pork chops.
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Para min eran costeletas de porco.
05:18
And because my grandmother thought it was cute,
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Á miña avoa facíalle graza,
05:20
and because they were my favorite, she let me keep doing it.
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e como eran as miñas favoritas,
deixoume seguir dicíndoo.
deixoume seguir dicíndoo.
05:23
Not really a big deal.
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Non parecía importante.
05:24
One day, before I realized fat kids are not designed to climb trees,
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Un día, aprendín que os mozos gordos
non están deseñados para trepar,
non están deseñados para trepar,
05:28
I fell out of a tree and bruised the right side of my body.
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cando caín dunha árbore e machuquei
o lado dereito do meu corpo,
o lado dereito do meu corpo,
05:31
I didn't want to tell my grandmother about it
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Non quería dicirllo á miña avoa
05:33
because I was scared I'd get in trouble for playing somewhere I shouldn't have been.
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para non me meter en problemas
por xogar onde non tiña que estar.
05:36
A few days later, the gym teacher noticed the bruise,
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Cando o profesor de ximnasia viu
as feridas, mandoume ver ó director.
as feridas, mandoume ver ó director.
05:38
and I got sent to the principal's office.
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05:41
From there, I was sent to another small room
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Logo, enviáronme a unha pequena sala
cunha señora moi agradable
cunha señora moi agradable
05:42
with a really nice lady who asked me all kinds of questions about my life at home.
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que me facía moitas preguntas
sobre a miña vida na casa.
sobre a miña vida na casa.
05:48
I saw no reason to lie.
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Non vin razón para mentir.
05:50
As far as I was concerned, life was pretty good.
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Para min, a vida era bastante boa.
05:52
I told her, whenever I'm sad, my grandmother gives me karate chops.
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Díxenlle: cando estou triste,
a miña avoa dáme costeladas de karate.
a miña avoa dáme costeladas de karate.
05:56
(Laughter)
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(Gargalladas)
06:04
This led to a full-scale investigation,
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Isto provocou unha investigación,
06:08
and I was removed from the house for three days,
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sacáronme da casa durante tres días,
06:11
until they finally decided to ask how I got the bruises.
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ata que finalmente preguntáronme
como fixera as feridas.
como fixera as feridas.
Axiña se espallou pola escola
esta pequena anécdota,
esta pequena anécdota,
06:15
News of this silly little story quickly spread through the school,
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06:17
and I earned my first nickname:
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e obtiven o meu primeiro alcume:
06:20
Porkchop.
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Costeleta de porco
06:22
To this day, I hate pork chops.
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Ata hoxe,
odio as costeletas de porco.
Non son o único neno que creceu así,
06:29
I'm not the only kid who grew up this way,
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06:31
surrounded by people who used to say that rhyme
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rodeado de persoas
que adoitaban dicir esa rima
que adoitaban dicir esa rima
06:34
about sticks and stones,
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sobre paus e pedras,
06:37
as if broken bones hurt more than the names we got called,
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como se os ósos rotos doeran
máis que o que nos chamaban,
máis que o que nos chamaban,
06:39
and we got called them all.
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e chamábannos de todo.
Así que crecemos crendo
que ninguén se namoraría de nós,
que ninguén se namoraría de nós,
06:41
So we grew up believing no one would ever fall in love with us,
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que estariamos sós para sempre,
06:45
that we'd be lonely forever,
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que nunca coñeceriamos alguén
06:47
that we'd never meet someone to make us feel like the sun
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que nos fixese sentir que o sol
06:50
was something they built for us in their toolshed.
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era un regalo seu para nós.
06:52
So broken heartstrings bled the blues, and we tried to empty ourselves so we'd feel nothing.
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As cordas rotas do corazón sangraban,
e intentamos baleirarnos
para non sentirmos nada.
para non sentirmos nada.
06:56
Don't tell me that hurt less than a broken bone,
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Non digades que iso
doe menos ca un óso roto,
doe menos ca un óso roto,
06:58
that an ingrown life is something surgeons can cut away,
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que un cirurxián pode cortar
unha vida encarnada,
unha vida encarnada,
07:01
that there's no way for it to metastasize; it does.
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que non vai producir metástase;
porque si o fai.
porque si o fai.
07:04
She was eight years old,
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Ela tiña oito anos,
07:06
our first day of grade three when she got called ugly.
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o primeiro día en 3º de primaria,
cando lle chamaron fea.
cando lle chamaron fea.
07:09
We both got moved to the back of class
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Puxéronnos aos dous ó fondo da clase
para que non nos bombardeasen
con bólas de papel cuspido.
con bólas de papel cuspido.
07:12
so we would stop getting bombarded by spitballs.
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07:14
But the school halls were a battleground.
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Pero o vestíbulo era un campo de batalla.
07:16
We found ourselves outnumbered day after wretched day.
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Atopámonos superados en número
día tras mísero día.
día tras mísero día.
07:19
We used to stay inside for recess, because outside was worse.
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Adoitábamos quedar dentro no
recreo, porque fóra era peor.
recreo, porque fóra era peor.
07:22
Outside, we'd have to rehearse running away,
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Fóra, teriamos que ensaiar as fuxidas,
07:24
or learn to stay still like statues, giving no clues that we were there.
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ou aprender a ser como estatuas,
sen dar pistas de que estabamos alí.
sen dar pistas de que estabamos alí.
07:28
In grade five, they taped a sign to the front of her desk
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En 5º de primaria pegaron
un cartel na súa mesa
un cartel na súa mesa
07:31
that read, "Beware of dog."
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que dicía: "Coidado co can".
07:33
To this day, despite a loving husband, she doesn't think she's beautiful
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Ata hoxe,
a pesar de ter un marido amoroso,
ela non pensa que sexa fermosa,
ela non pensa que sexa fermosa,
07:38
because of a birthmark that takes up a little less than half her face.
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por mor dunha marca de nacemento
que ocupa case a metade do rostro.
que ocupa case a metade do rostro.
07:42
Kids used to say, "She looks like a wrong answer
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Os nenos dicían
"Parece unha resposta incorrecta
"Parece unha resposta incorrecta
07:44
that someone tried to erase, but couldn't quite get the job done."
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que alguén intentou borrar,
pero non conseguiu facelo".
pero non conseguiu facelo".
07:47
And they'll never understand that she's raising two kids
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E nunca entenderán
que ela está a criar dous fillos
que ela está a criar dous fillos
07:50
whose definition of beauty begins with the word "Mom,"
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cuxa definición de beleza
comeza coa palabra "mamá"
comeza coa palabra "mamá"
07:55
because they see her heart before they see her skin,
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porque ven o seu corazón antes cá súa pel,
07:57
because she's only ever always been amazing.
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porque ela sempre foi marabillosa.
07:58
He was a broken branch grafted onto a different family tree,
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El era unha rama rota enxertada
nunha árbore xenealóxica diferente,
nunha árbore xenealóxica diferente,
adoptada,
08:04
adopted,
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not because his parents opted for a different destiny.
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non porque os seus pais apostasen
por un destino diferente.
por un destino diferente.
08:10
He was three when he became a mixed drink
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Con tres anos converteuse
nunha mestura
nunha mestura
08:12
of one part left alone and two parts tragedy,
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dunha parte de soidade
e dúas partes de traxedia,
e dúas partes de traxedia,
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started therapy in eighth grade,
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comezou ir a terapia en 2º da ESO,
08:17
had a personality made up of tests and pills,
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tiña unha personalidade
a base de tests e pílulas,
a base de tests e pílulas,
08:20
lived like the uphills were mountains and the downhills were cliffs,
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vivía coma se os outeiros foran
montañas e as baixadas acantilados,
montañas e as baixadas acantilados,
08:24
four fifths suicidal, a tidal wave of antidepressants,
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catro quintas partes suicida,
unha marea de antidepresivos,
unha marea de antidepresivos,
08:27
and an adolescence being called "Popper,"
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de mozo chamábanlle "Drogata",
08:30
one part because of the pills,
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unha parte a causa das pastillas,
08:32
99 parts because of the cruelty.
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99 partes a causa da crueldade.
08:35
He tried to kill himself in grade 10
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Intentou matarse en 4º da ESO
08:38
when a kid who could still go home to Mom and Dad
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cando un rapaz que aínda tiña
na casa a súa nai e pai
na casa a súa nai e pai
08:40
had the audacity to tell him, "Get over it."
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tivo o descaro de dicirlle "Supérao"
08:44
As if depression is something that could be remedied
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Como se a depresión puidese remediarse
08:46
by any of the contents found in a first aid kit.
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con calquera dos contidos
dun kit de primeiros auxilios.
dun kit de primeiros auxilios.
Ata hoxe, é un cartucho de TNT
prendido por ambos os lados,
prendido por ambos os lados,
08:49
To this day, he is a stick of TNT lit from both ends,
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podería describir en detalle
como o ceo se dobra
como o ceo se dobra
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could describe to you in detail the way the sky bends
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08:55
in the moment before it's about to fall,
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no momento antes de caer,
08:57
and despite an army of friends who all call him an inspiration,
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e malia un exército de amigos
que o consideran inspiración,
que o consideran inspiración,
09:00
he remains a conversation piece between people who can't understand
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el segue sendo tema de conversa
entre persoas que non entenden
entre persoas que non entenden
09:03
sometimes being drug-free has less to do with addiction
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que ás veces deixar as drogas
ten menos que ver coa adicción
ten menos que ver coa adicción
09:06
and more to do with sanity.
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e máis que ver coa cordura.
09:09
We weren't the only kids who grew up this way.
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Non fomos os únicos nenos
que creceron deste xeito.
que creceron deste xeito.
09:12
To this day, kids are still being called names.
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Ata hoxe, os nenos aínda
reciben alcumes.
reciben alcumes.
09:16
The classics were, "Hey stupid," "Hey spaz."
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Os clásicos foron
"Oe, estúpido", "Oe, panoco".
"Oe, estúpido", "Oe, panoco".
09:21
Seems like every school has an arsenal of names
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Parece que todas as escolas
teñen un arsenal de nomes
teñen un arsenal de nomes
09:24
getting updated every year,
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que se actualiza todos os anos.
09:26
and if a kid breaks in a school and no one around chooses to hear,
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E se un rapaz se rompe na escola
e ninguén decide escoitar,
e ninguén decide escoitar,
09:29
do they make a sound?
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fai algún son?
Son só ruído de fondo dunha
banda sonora posta en bucle,
banda sonora posta en bucle,
09:31
Are they just background noise from a soundtrack stuck
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09:33
on repeat when people say things like, "Kids can be cruel."
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cando a xente di cousas como:
"Os nenos poden ser crueis".
"Os nenos poden ser crueis".
09:38
Every school was a big top circus tent,
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Todas as escolas eran coma circos,
09:41
and the pecking order went from acrobats to lion tamers,
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e a xerarquía pasaba de
acróbatas a domadores de leóns,
acróbatas a domadores de leóns,
09:44
from clowns to carnies, all of these miles ahead of who we were.
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de pallasos a feirantes,
todos moi por diante de quen eramos nós.
todos moi por diante de quen eramos nós.
09:47
We were freaks -- lobster claw boys and bearded ladies,
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Eramos monstros
rapaces con pinzas de lumbrigante
e mulleres barbudas,
e mulleres barbudas,
rarezas facendo malabares
coa depresión e a soidade,
coa depresión e a soidade,
09:51
oddities juggling depression and loneliness,
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09:54
playing solitaire, spin the bottle,
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xogando a soas, xirando a botella,
intentando bicar as partes
feridas de si mesmos e curarse,
feridas de si mesmos e curarse,
09:55
trying to kiss the wounded parts of ourselves and heal,
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09:58
but at night, while the others slept,
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pero pola noite,
mentres os demais durmían,
mentres os demais durmían,
10:01
we kept walking the tightrope.
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seguiamos a camiñar pola corda bamba.
10:03
It was practice, and yes, some of us fell.
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Cousa de práctica,
e si, algúns de nós caeron.
e si, algúns de nós caeron.
10:06
But I want to tell them that all of this
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Pero quero dicirlles que todo isto
10:10
is just debris left over when we finally decide to smash
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é só entullo
de cando ao fin decidimos esmagar
o que pensabamos de nós mesmos,
o que pensabamos de nós mesmos,
10:14
all the things we thought we used to be,
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e se non podes ver nada
fermoso sobre ti mesmo,
fermoso sobre ti mesmo,
10:17
and if you can't see anything beautiful about yourself,
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10:20
get a better mirror, look a little closer, stare a little longer,
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consegue un espello mellor,
mira máis preto, durante máis tempo,
mira máis preto, durante máis tempo,
10:25
because there's something inside you that made you keep trying
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porque hai algo dentro de ti
que te fixo seguir intentándoo
que te fixo seguir intentándoo
10:28
despite everyone who told you to quit.
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malia todos os que dixeron: "abandona".
10:30
You built a cast around your broken heart and signed it yourself.
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Cubriches de escaiola
o teu corazón roto
o teu corazón roto
10:32
You signed it, "They were wrong."
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e ti mesmo escribiches nela:
"Eles equivocábanse".
"Eles equivocábanse".
10:34
Because maybe you didn't belong to a group or a clique.
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Porque tal vez non pertencías ao grupo.
10:37
Maybe they decided to pick you last for basketball or everything.
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Quizais escollíante último
para o baloncesto ou para todo.
para o baloncesto ou para todo.
10:40
Maybe you used to bring bruises and broken teeth to show-and-tell, but never told,
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Traías contusións e algún dente roto
para mostrar na casa, e nunca o facías,
para mostrar na casa, e nunca o facías,
10:44
because how can you hold your ground
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porque podes aguantar no teu terreo
10:45
if everyone around you wants to bury you beneath it?
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se todos ao teu redor te queren
sepultar nel?
sepultar nel?
10:47
You have to believe that they were wrong.
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Tes que crer que estaban equivocados.
10:52
They have to be wrong.
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Teñen que estar equivocados.
10:54
Why else would we still be here?
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Por que se non aínda iamos estar aquí?
10:58
We grew up learning to cheer on the underdog
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Crecemos aprendendo a animar os indefensos
11:01
because we see ourselves in them.
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porque nos recoñecemos neles.
11:03
We stem from a root planted in the belief
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Partimos dunha raíz plantada na crenza
11:05
that we are not what we were called.
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de que non somos o que nos chamaban.
11:08
We are not abandoned cars stalled out
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Non somos coches baleiros
abandonados nalgunha cuneta,
abandonados nalgunha cuneta,
11:10
and sitting empty on some highway,
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e se o somos, non vos preocupedes.
11:12
and if in some way we are, don't worry.
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11:14
We only got out to walk and get gas.
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Só imos andando a por gasolina.
11:16
We are graduating members from the class of We Made It,
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Estámonos a graduar como membros
da clase "Lográmolo",
da clase "Lográmolo",
11:20
not the faded echoes of voices crying out,
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non coma ecos de voces que choraban:
11:22
"Names will never hurt me."
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"Os alcumes nunca me mancarán".
11:26
Of course they did.
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Claro que o fixeron.
11:31
But our lives will only ever always
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Pero as nosas vidas seguirán
sempre a ser un equilibrio
sempre a ser un equilibrio
11:33
continue to be a balancing act
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11:36
that has less to do with pain
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que ten menos que ver coa dor
11:38
and more to do with beauty.
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e máis que ver coa beleza.
11:42
(Applause)
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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Shane Koyczan - PoetShane Koyczan makes spoken-word poetry and music. His poem "To This Day" is a powerful story of bullying and survival, illustrated by animators from around the world.
Why you should listen
Shane Koyczan is a poet, author and performer. He performed at the opening ceremonies of the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics, where an audience of more than 1 billion people worldwide heard his piece “We Are More.”
He has published three books: Stickboy, Our Deathbeds Will Be Thirsty and Visiting Hours, selected by both the Guardian and the Globe and Mail for their Best Books of the Year lists.
In 2012, he released a full-length album with his band Shane Koyczan and the Short Story Long. The album includes the viral hit “To This Day,” which explores the anguish of anyone who grew up feeling different or just a little bit alone. To bring visual life to this image-rich poem, Koyczan invited artists from around the world to contribute 20-second segments of animation to the project. Posted on YouTube on February 19, 2013, by the close of the month the video had been viewed 6 million times.
Shane Koyczan | Speaker | TED.com