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Billy Collins: Everyday moments, caught in time
Billy Collins: Svakodnevni trenuci, zaustavljeni u vremenu
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Kombinirajući trezvenost s umjetničkom dubinom, Billy Collins predstavlja projekt u sklopu kojeg je nekoliko njegovih pjesama pretvoreno u dražesne animirane filmove u suradnji s televizijskim kanalom Sundance Channel. Pet takvih filmova uključeno je u ovaj zabavan i dirljiv govor. Nemojte propustiti ni urnebesnu pjesmu na kraju!
Billy Collins - Poet
A two-term U.S. Poet Laureate, Billy Collins captures readers with his understated wit, profound insight -- and a sense of being "hospitable." Full bio
A two-term U.S. Poet Laureate, Billy Collins captures readers with his understated wit, profound insight -- and a sense of being "hospitable." Full bio
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I'm here to give you
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your recommended dietary allowance
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preporučenu dnevnu dozu
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of poetry.
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poezije.
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And the way I'm going to do that
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To ću učiniti tako
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is present to you
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da vam predstavim
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five animations
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pet animacija
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of five of my poems.
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za pet mojih pjesama.
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And let me just tell you a little bit of how that came about.
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Ukratko ću vam ispričati kako je došlo do toga.
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Because the mixing of those two media
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Jer miješanje tih dvaju medija
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is a sort of unnatural or unnecessary act.
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nekako je neprirodno i nepotrebno.
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But when I was United States Poet Laureate --
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Kad sam bio pjesnički laureat SAD-a --
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and I love saying that.
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obožavam to izgovarati.
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(Laughter)
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(Smijeh)
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It's a great way to start sentences.
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To je odličan način započinjanja rečenica.
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When I was him back then,
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Kad sam tada to bio,
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I was approached by J. Walter Thompson, the ad company,
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kontaktirala me tvrtka za oglašavanje
J. Walter Thompson.
J. Walter Thompson.
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and they were hired
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Radili su, recimo
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sort of by the Sundance Channel.
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za televizijski program Sundance Channel.
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And the idea was to have me record some of my poems
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Ideja je bila da ja snimim neke svoje pjesme,
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and then they would find animators
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a oni će pronaći animatore
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to animate them.
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da ih animiraju.
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And I was initially resistant,
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Isprva sam se opirao
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because I always think
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jer uvijek mislim
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poetry can stand alone by itself.
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da je poezija samodostatna.
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Attempts to put my poems to music
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Pokušaji uglazbljivanja mojih pjesama
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have had disastrous results,
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imali su katastrofalne rezultate,
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in all cases.
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svaki put.
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And the poem, if it's written with the ear,
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A pjesma, ako je pisana sa sluhom,
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already has been set to its own verbal music
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već je dobila svoju verbalnu glazbu
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as it was composed.
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dok je sastavljana.
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And surely, if you're reading a poem
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Ako čitate pjesmu
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that mentions a cow,
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u kojoj se spominje krava,
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you don't need on the facing page
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sigurno na suprotnoj stranici
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a drawing of a cow.
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ne trebate crtež krave.
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I mean, let's let the reader do a little work.
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Mislim, neka se i čitatelj malo potrudi.
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But I relented because it seemed like an interesting possibility,
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No, popustio sam jer se činilo
kao zanimljiva mogućnost,
kao zanimljiva mogućnost,
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and also I'm like a total cartoon junkie
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a i pravi sam ovisnik o crtićima
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since childhood.
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od djetinjstva.
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I think more influential
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Mislim da su više utjecaja
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than Emily Dickinson or Coleridge or Wordsworth
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nego Emily Dickinson ili Coleridge ili Wordsworth
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on my imagination
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na moju maštu imali
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were Warner Brothers, Merrie Melodies
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Warner Brothers, Merrie Melodies,
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and Loony Tunes cartoons.
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i crtani filmovi Loony Tunes.
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Bugs Bunny is my muse.
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Zekoslav Mrkva moja je muza.
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And this way poetry could find its way onto television of all places.
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Na taj je način poezija mogla
dospjeti čak na televiziju.
dospjeti čak na televiziju.
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And I'm pretty much all for poetry in public places --
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A ja potpuno podržavam poeziju na javnim mjestima --
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poetry on buses, poetry on subways,
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poezija u busevima, poezija u podzemnoj,
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on billboards, on cereal boxes.
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na plakatima, na kutijama žitarica.
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When I was Poet Laureate, there I go again --
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Kad sam bio pjesnički laureat -- evo ga opet --
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I can't help it, it's true --
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ne mogu si pomoći, istina je --
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(Laughter)
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(Smijeh)
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I created a poetry channel on Delta Airlines
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Napravio sam pjesnički kanal za Delta Airlines
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that lasted for a couple of years.
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koji je bio aktivan nekoliko godina.
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So you could tune into poetry as you were flying.
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Mogli ste slušati poeziju dok ste letjeli.
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And my sense is,
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Ja smatram
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it's a good thing to get poetry off the shelves
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da je dobro da se poezija skine s polica
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and more into public life.
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i više unese u javni život.
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Start a meeting with a poem. That would be an idea you might take with you.
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Počnite sastanak pjesmom. To biste mogli upamtiti.
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When you get a poem on a billboard or on the radio
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Kad stavite pjesmu na reklamni plakat
ili je pustite na radiju
ili je pustite na radiju
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or on a cereal box or whatever,
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ili je stavite na kutiju žitarica ili kamo već,
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it happens to you so suddenly
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ona vam dođe tako iznenada
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that you don't have time
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da ne stignete
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to deploy your anti-poetry deflector shields
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aktivirati svoje štitove protiv poezije
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that were installed in high school.
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koje ste ugradili još u srednjoj školi.
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So let us start with the first one.
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Počnimo s prvom pjesmom.
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It's a little poem called "Budapest,"
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To je kratka pjesma, a zove se "Budimpešta".
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and in it I reveal,
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U njoj otkrivam,
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or pretend to reveal,
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ili nastojim otkriti,
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the secrets of the creative process.
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tajne kreativnog procesa.
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(Video) Narration: "Budapest."
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(Video) Naracija: "Budimpešta"
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My pen moves along the page
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Moje se pero kreće stranicom
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like the snout of a strange animal
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poput njuške neobične životinje
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shaped like a human arm
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u obliku ljudske ruke
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and dressed in the sleeve
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obučene u rukav
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of a loose green sweater.
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širokog zelenog džempera.
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I watch it sniffing the paper ceaselessly,
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Gledam kako uporno njuška papir
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intent as any forager
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kao i bilo koji sakupljač
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that has nothing on its mind
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kojemu su na umu
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but the grubs and insects
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samo ličinke i kukci
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that will allow it to live another day.
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od kojih će moći preživjeti još jedan dan.
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It wants only to be here tomorrow,
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Želi samo biti ovdje i sutra,
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dressed perhaps
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obučena možda
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in the sleeve of a plaid shirt,
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u rukav karirane košulje,
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nose pressed against the page,
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nosa pritisnutog uz stranicu,
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writing a few more dutiful lines
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i ispisati još nekoliko obveznih redaka
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while I gaze out the window
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dok ja gledam kroz prozor
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and imagine Budapest
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i zamišljam Budimpeštu
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or some other city
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ili neki drugi grad
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where I have never been.
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u kojem nisam nikad bio.
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BC: So that makes it seem a little easier.
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BC: To malo olakšava pjesmu.
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(Applause)
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(Pljesak)
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Writing is not actually as easy as that for me.
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Pisanje mi zapravo nije tako lako,
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But I like to pretend that it comes with ease.
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ali volim se pretvarati da mi dolazi s lakoćom.
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One of my students came up after class, an introductory class,
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Jedna od mojih studentica došla je
do mene nakon uvodnog predavanja
do mene nakon uvodnog predavanja
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and she said, "You know, poetry is harder than writing,"
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i rekla: "Znate, poezija je teža nego pisanje",
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which I found both erroneous and profound.
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što mi se učinilo i pogrešnim i dubokim.
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(Laughter)
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(Smijeh)
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So I like to at least pretend it just flows out.
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Tako da se volim barem pretvarati da samo teče.
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A friend of mine has a slogan; he's another poet.
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Jedan moj prijatelj ima slogan; i on je pjesnik.
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He says that, "If at first you don't succeed,
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On kaže da "ako ne uspiješ od prve,
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hide all evidence you ever tried."
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sakrij sve dokaze da si uopće pokušao."
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(Laughter)
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(Smijeh)
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The next poem is also rather short.
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Sljedeća je pjesma također prilično kratka.
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Poetry just says a few things in different ways.
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Poezija samo kaže neke stvari na drugačiji način.
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And I think you could boil this poem down to saying,
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Mislim da bi se ova pjesma mogla svesti na:
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"Some days you eat the bear, other days the bear eats you."
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"Ponekad ti pojedeš medvjeda,
ponekad medvjed pojede tebe."
ponekad medvjed pojede tebe."
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And it uses the imagery
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U pjesmi koristim slike
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of dollhouse furniture.
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namještaja iz kućice za lutke.
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(Video) Narration: "Some Days."
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(Video) Naracija: "Ponekad"
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Some days
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Ponekad
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I put the people in their places at the table,
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stavljam ljude na njihova mjesta za stolom,
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bend their legs at the knees,
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savijam im noge u koljenima,
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if they come with that feature,
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ako su tako napravljeni,
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and fix them into the tiny wooden chairs.
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i smještam ih na malene drvene stolice.
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All afternoon they face one another,
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Cijelo poslijepodne gledaju jedni druge,
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the man in the brown suit,
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čovjek u smeđem odijelu,
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the woman in the blue dress --
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žena u plavoj haljini --
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perfectly motionless, perfectly behaved.
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potpuno nepokretni, savršeno pristojni.
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But other days I am the one
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No drugih dana ja sam taj
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who is lifted up by the ribs
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kojeg primaju pod rebra i podižu
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then lowered into the dining room of a dollhouse
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i zatim spuštaju u blagovaonicu kuće za lutke
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to sit with the others at the long table.
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kako bih sjedio s drugima za dugim stolom.
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Very funny.
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Jako smiješno.
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But how would you like it
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No kako bi se vama svidjelo
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if you never knew from one day to the next
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da vam je svaki dan neizvjesno
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if you were going to spend it
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hoćete li ga provesti
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striding around like a vivid god,
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koračajući uokolo poput živopisnog boga,
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your shoulders in the clouds,
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s ramenima u oblacima,
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or sitting down there
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ili sjedeći ovdje dolje
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amidst the wallpaper
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okružen tapetama
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staring straight ahead
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pogleda uperenog pred sebe
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with your little plastic face?
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na malenom plastičnom licu?
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(Applause)
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(Pljesak)
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BC: There's a horror movie in there somewhere.
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BC: Materijal za horor film.
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The next poem is called forgetfulness,
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Sljedeća se pjesma zove "Zaboravnost"
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and it's really just a kind of poetic essay
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i zapravo je poetski esej
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on the subject of mental slippage.
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na temu mentalnog opadanja.
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And the poem begins
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Pjesma počinje
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with a certain species of forgetfulness
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određenom vrstom zaboravnosti
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that someone called
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koju je netko nazvao
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literary amnesia,
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literarnom amnezijom,
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in other words, forgetting the things that you have read.
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odnosno zaboravljanjem stvari koje ste pročitali.
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(Video) Narration: "Forgetfulness."
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(Video) Naracija: "Zaboravnost"
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The name of the author is the first to go,
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Prvo ode ime autora,
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followed obediently
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a nakon njega poslušno slijede
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by the title, the plot,
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naslov, radnja,
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the heartbreaking conclusion,
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srcedrapajući rasplet,
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the entire novel,
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cijeli roman,
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which suddenly becomes one you have never read,
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koji odjednom niste pročitali,
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never even heard of.
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nikad ni čuli za njega.
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It is as if, one by one,
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Kao da su, jedno po jedno,
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the memories you used to harbor
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sjećanja koja ste njegovali
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decided to retire to the southern hemisphere of the brain
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odlučila povući se na južnu polutku mozga
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to a little fishing village
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u malo ribarsko selo
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where there are no phones.
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gdje nema telefona.
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Long ago,
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Još ste se davno
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you kissed the names of the nine muses good-bye
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pozdravili s imenima devet muza
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and you watched the quadratic equation
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i gledali ste kako kvadratna jednadžba
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pack its bag.
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pakira kofere.
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And even now,
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I upravo sada,
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as you memorize the order of the planets,
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dok pamtite poredak planeta,
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something else is slipping away,
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nešto drugo iščezava,
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a state flower perhaps,
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možda cvijet-simbol države,
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the address of an uncle,
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ujakova adresa,
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the capital of Paraguay.
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glavni grad Paragvaja.
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Whatever it is
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Čega god
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you are struggling to remember,
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da se pokušavate sjetiti,
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it is not poised on the tip of your tongue,
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nije vam na vrhu jezika,
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not even lurking
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niti se skriva
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in some obscure corner
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u nekom mračnom kutku
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of your spleen.
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vaše slezene.
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It has floated away
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Odavno je otplutalo
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down a dark mythological river
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tamnom mitološkom rijekom
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whose name begins with an L
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čije ime počinje na L,
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as far as you can recall,
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koliko se sjećate,
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well on your own way to oblivion
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dobrano na putu prema zaboravu,
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where you will join those
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gdje ćete se pridružiti onima
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who have forgotten even how to swim
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koji su zaboravili čak i plivati
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and how to ride a bicycle.
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i voziti bicikl.
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No wonder you rise in the middle of the night
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Nije ni čudo da ustajete usred noći
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to look up the date of a famous battle
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da biste potražili datum slavne bitke
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in a book on war.
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u nekoj knjizi o ratu.
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No wonder the Moon in the window
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Nije ni čudo da se čini
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seems to have drifted out of a love poem
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da je Mjesec na prozoru isplivao iz ljubavne pjesme
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that you used to know by heart.
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koju ste nekad znali napamet.
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(Applause)
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(Pljesak)
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BC: The next poem is called "The Country"
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BC: Sljedeća se pjesma zove "Selo"
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and it's based on,
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i nastala je
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when I was in college
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kad sam studirao
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I met a classmate who remains to be a friend of mine.
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i upoznao kolegu koji mi je i danas prijatelj.
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He lived, and still does, in rural Vermont.
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Živio je i još uvijek živi na selu u Vermontu.
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I lived in New York City.
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Ja sam živio u New Yorku.
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And we would visit each other.
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Posjećivali bismo jedan drugog.
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And when I would go up to the country,
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Kad bih ja dolazio na selo,
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he would teach me things like deer hunting,
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učio me stvarima poput lova na jelene,
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which meant getting lost with a gun basically --
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što je u biti značilo imati pušku i izgubiti se --
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(Laughter)
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(Smijeh)
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and trout fishing and stuff like that.
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i pecanja pastrva i takvih stvari.
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And then he'd come down to New York City
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Onda bi on dolazio u New York
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and I'd teach him what I knew,
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i ja bih ga učio onome što sam znao,
09:06
which was largely smoking and drinking.
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što je većinom bilo pušiti i piti.
09:08
(Laughter)
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(Smijeh)
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And in that way we traded lore with each other.
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Tako smo razmjenjivali znanja.
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The poem that's coming up
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Sljedeća pjesma
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is based on him trying to tell me a little something
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govori kako mi je on pokušao objasniti ponešto
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about a domestic point of etiquette
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o bontonu u domaćinstvu
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in country living
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na selu,
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that I had a very hard time, at first, processing.
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a što je meni isprva bilo vrlo teško razumjeti.
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It's called "The Country."
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Pjesma se zove "Selo".
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(Video) Narration: "The Country."
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(Video) Naracija: "Selo"
09:29
I wondered about you
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Čudio sam ti se
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when you told me never to leave
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kad si mi rekao da nikako ne ostavljam
09:33
a box of wooden strike-anywhere matches
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kutiju drvenih šibica
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just lying around the house,
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bilo gdje u kući
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because the mice might get into them
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jer bi miševi mogli ući u nju
09:41
and start a fire.
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zapaliti vatru.
09:43
But your face was absolutely straight
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Ali tvoje je lice bilo potpuno ozbiljno
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when you twisted the lid down
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kad si izravnao poklopac
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on the round tin
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okrugle limenke
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where the matches, you said, are always stowed.
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u koju se, rekao si, šibice uvijek spremaju.
09:53
Who could sleep that night?
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Tko bi te noći mogao spavati?
09:55
Who could whisk away the thought
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Tko bi se mogao otresti pomisli
09:57
of the one unlikely mouse
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na malo vjerojatnog miša
10:00
padding along a cold water pipe
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kako hodi po hladnoj cijevi za vodu
10:03
behind the floral wallpaper,
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iza cvjetnih tapeta,
10:05
gripping a single wooden match
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hvata jednu drvenu šibicu
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between the needles of his teeth?
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između oštrih prednjih zuba?
10:10
Who could not see him rounding a corner,
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Tko ga ne bi vidio kako zamiče za ugao,
10:13
the blue tip scratching against rough-hewn beam,
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plavim vrhom šibice zagrebe o hrapavu gredu,
10:16
the sudden flare
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iznenadni plamsaj
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and the creature, for one bright, shining moment,
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i taj stvor, na jedan sjajan, blješteći trenutak,
10:22
suddenly thrust ahead of his time --
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odjednom gurnut ispred svog vremena --
10:24
now a fire-starter,
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sad je zapalio iskru,
10:26
now a torch-bearer
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sad je lučonoša
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in a forgotten ritual,
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u zaboravljenom obredu,
10:30
little brown druid
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mali smeđi druid
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illuminating some ancient night?
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koji osvjetljava neku davnu noć?
10:34
And who could fail to notice,
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Tko ne bi primijetio,
10:37
lit up in the blazing insulation,
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osvijetljene u plamtećoj izolaciji,
10:39
the tiny looks of wonderment
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sitne začuđene poglede
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on the faces of his fellow mice --
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na licima njegovih mišjih drugova --
10:44
one-time inhabitants
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nekadašnjih stanovnika
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of what once was your house in the country?
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onoga što je nekad bila tvoja kuća na selu?
10:50
(Applause)
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(Pljesak)
10:53
BC: Thank you.
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BC: Hvala.
10:55
(Applause)
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(Pljesak)
10:57
Thank you. And the last poem is called "The Dead."
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Hvala. Posljednja se pjesma zove "Mrtvi".
11:00
I wrote this after a friend's funeral,
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Napisao sam je nakon prijateljeva sprovoda,
11:02
but not so much about the friend as something the eulogist kept saying,
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ali nije toliko o mojem prijatelju,
koliko nešto što eulozi stalno govore,
koliko nešto što eulozi stalno govore,
11:04
as all eulogists tend to do,
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kao i svi eulozi,
11:06
which is how happy the deceased would be
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a to je kako bi sretan preminuli bio
11:09
to look down and see all of us assembled.
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da nas sad gleda i vidi kako smo se okupili.
11:11
And that to me was a bad start to the afterlife,
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Meni se to činilo kao loš
početak zagrobnog života,
početak zagrobnog života,
11:14
having to witness your own funeral and feel gratified.
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da moraš gledati vlastiti sprovod
i osjećati neko zadovoljstvo.
i osjećati neko zadovoljstvo.
11:17
So the little poem is called "The Dead."
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Naslov pjesme je, dakle, "Mrtvi".
11:21
(Video) Narration: "The Dead."
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(Video) Naracija: "Mrtvi"
11:23
The dead are always looking down on us,
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Mrtvi nas uvijek gledaju s visina,
11:26
they say.
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kažu.
11:28
While we are putting on our shoes or making a sandwich,
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Dok obuvamo cipele ili radimo sendvič,
11:31
they are looking down
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gledaju nas
11:33
through the glass-bottom boats of heaven
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kroz stakleno dno nebeskih čamaca
11:36
as they row themselves slowly
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dok polako veslaju
11:38
through eternity.
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kroz vječnost.
11:40
They watch the tops of our heads
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Gledaju nam tjemena
11:42
moving below on Earth.
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kako se kreću po Zemlji.
11:44
And when we lie down
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A kad legnemo
11:46
in a field or on a couch,
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na polju ili na kauč,
11:48
drugged perhaps
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možda omamljeni
11:50
by the hum of a warm afternoon,
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šumom toplog poslijepodneva,
11:53
they think we are looking back at them,
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oni misle kako i mi gledamo njih
11:56
which makes them lift their oars
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pa podignu vesla
11:58
and fall silent
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i utihnu
12:00
and wait like parents
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i čekaju poput roditelja
12:03
for us to close our eyes.
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da zatvorimo oči.
12:08
(Applause)
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(Pljesak)
12:15
BC: I'm not sure if other poems will be animated.
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BC: Nisam siguran hoće li
druge pjesme biti animirane.
druge pjesme biti animirane.
12:17
It took a long time --
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Dugo je trajalo --
12:19
I mean, it's rather uncommon to have this marriage --
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mislim, prilično je neobičan taj spoj --
12:22
a long time to put those two together.
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dugo je trebalo da se to dvoje spoji.
12:24
But then again, it took us a long time
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A opet, dugo nam je trebalo
12:26
to put the wheel and the suitcase together.
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i da spojimo kotač i kovčeg.
12:28
(Laughter)
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(Smijeh)
12:31
I mean, we had the wheel for some time.
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Mislim, kotač smo imali već dulje vrijeme.
12:34
And schlepping is an ancient and honorable art.
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A vučenje je drevno i časno umijeće.
12:37
(Laughter)
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(Smijeh)
12:40
I just have time
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Imam još vremena
12:42
to read a more recent poem to you.
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pročitati vam jednu noviju pjesmu.
12:45
If it has a subject,
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Ako se može reći da ima temu,
12:48
the subject is adolescence.
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onda bi to bila adolescencija.
12:50
And it's addressed to a certain person.
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Pjesma se obraća određenoj osobi.
12:52
It's called "To My Favorite 17-Year-Old High School Girl."
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Zove se "Mojoj najdražoj 17-godišnjoj srednjoškolki".
12:58
"Do you realize that if you had started building the Parthenon
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"Jesi li svjesna da, da si počela graditi Partenon
13:01
on the day you were born,
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onog dana kad si se rodila,
13:03
you would be all done in only one more year?
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bila bi gotova za još samo jednu godinu?
13:06
Of course, you couldn't have done that all alone.
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Naravno, ne bi to mogla učiniti sama.
13:08
So never mind;
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Zato nema veze,
13:10
you're fine just being yourself.
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dobra si takva kakva jesi.
13:12
You're loved for just being you.
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Voljena si zato što si ti.
13:15
But did you know that at your age
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Ali jesi li znala da je u tvojoj dobi
13:17
Judy Garland was pulling down 150,000 dollars a picture,
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Judy Garland zarađivala 150.000 dolara po filmu,
13:22
Joan of Arc was leading the French army to victory
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Ivana Orleanska vodila je
francusku vojsku u pobjedu
francusku vojsku u pobjedu
13:26
and Blaise Pascal had cleaned up his room --
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i Blaise Pascal je počistio svoju sobu --
13:29
no wait, I mean he had invented the calculator?
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ne, čekaj, htio sam reći da je izumio kalkulator.
13:33
Of course, there will be time for all that
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Naravno, bit će vremena za sve to
13:35
later in your life,
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kasnije u tvojem životu,
13:37
after you come out of your room
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nakon što iziđeš iz sobe
13:39
and begin to blossom,
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i procvjetaš,
13:41
or at least pick up all your socks.
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ili barem pokupiš sve čarape s poda.
13:45
For some reason I keep remembering
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Iz nekog se razloga sjećam
13:47
that Lady Jane Grey was queen of England
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da je Lady Jane Grey bila kraljica Engleske
13:49
when she was only 15.
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kad je imala samo 15 godina.
13:52
But then she was beheaded, so never mind her as a role model.
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Ali kasnije su joj odrubili glavu
pa je ne trebaš smatrati uzorom.
pa je ne trebaš smatrati uzorom.
13:55
(Laughter)
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(Smijeh)
13:58
A few centuries later,
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Nekoliko stoljeća kasnije,
14:00
when he was your age,
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kad je bio tvoje dobi,
14:02
Franz Schubert was doing the dishes for his family,
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Franz Schubert prao je posuđe kod kuće,
14:06
but that did not keep him
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ali to ga nije spriječilo
14:08
from composing two symphonies, four operas
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da sklada dvije simfonije, četiri opere
14:11
and two complete masses as a youngster.
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i dvije potpune mise dok je bio mladić.
14:14
(Laughter)
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(Smijeh)
14:16
But of course, that was in Austria
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Ali naravno, to je bilo u Austriji
14:18
at the height of Romantic lyricism,
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na vrhuncu romantičkog lirizma,
14:21
not here in the suburbs of Cleveland.
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a ne ovdje u predgrađu Clevelanda.
14:23
(Laughter)
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(Smijeh)
14:25
Frankly, who cares
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Iskreno, koga briga
14:27
if Annie Oakley was a crack shot at 15
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što je Annie Oakley bila
vrhunski strijelac s 15 godina
vrhunski strijelac s 15 godina
14:30
or if Maria Callas debuted as Tosca at 17?
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ili što je Maria Callas
glumila Toscu sa 17?
glumila Toscu sa 17?
14:34
We think you're special just being you --
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Mi mislimo da si posebna takva kakva jesi --
14:37
playing with your food and staring into space.
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dok se igraš hranom i zuriš u prazno.
14:40
(Laughter)
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(Smijeh)
14:43
By the way,
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Inače,
14:45
I lied about Schubert doing the dishes,
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lagao sam ono za Schuberta i pranje posuđa,
14:48
but that doesn't mean he never helped out around the house."
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ali to ne znači da nikad nije pomagao po kući.
14:51
(Laughter)
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(Smijeh)
14:53
(Applause)
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(Pljesak)
14:55
Thank you. Thank you.
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Hvala.
14:58
(Applause)
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(Pljesak)
15:03
Thanks.
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Hvala.
15:05
(Applause)
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(Pljesak)
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Billy Collins - PoetA two-term U.S. Poet Laureate, Billy Collins captures readers with his understated wit, profound insight -- and a sense of being "hospitable."
Why you should listen
Accessibility is not a word often associated with great poetry. Yet Billy Collins has managed to create a legacy from what he calls being poetically “hospitable.” Preferring lyrical simplicity to abstruse intellectualism, Collins combines humility and depth of perception, undercutting light and digestible topics with dark and at times biting humor.
While Collins approaches his work with a healthy sense of self-deprecation, calling his poems “domestic” and “middle class,” John Taylor has said of Collins: “Rarely has anyone written poems that appear so transparent on the surface yet become so ambiguous, thought-provoking, or simply wise once the reader has peered into the depths.”
In 2001 he was named U.S. Poet Laureate, a title he kept until 2003. Collins lives in Somers, New York, and is an English professor at City University of New York, where he has taught for more than 40 years.
Credits for the animations in this talk:
"Budapest," "Forgetfulness" and "Some Days" -- animation by Julian Grey/Head Gear
"The Country" -- animation by Brady Baltezor/Radium
"The Dead" -- animation by Juan Delcan/Spontaneous
Billy Collins | Speaker | TED.com