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Billy Collins: Two poems about what dogs think (probably)
Billy Collins: Dvije pjesme o tome što psi misle (vjerojatno)
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Što naši psi misle kada nas pogledaju? Pjesnik Billy Collins zamišlja njihove živote u dva potpuo različita sudrug. To je šarmantan kratki govor, savršen za odmor i sanjarenje...
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 don't know if you've noticed,
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Ne znam jeste primijetili
00:14
but there's been a spate of books
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da brdo knjiga
00:16
that have come out lately
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izdanih u zadnje vrijeme
00:17
contemplating or speculating
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razmatra ili nagađa
00:20
on the cognition and emotional life of dogs.
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o mentalnom i emocionalnom životu pasa.
00:24
Do they think, do they feel and, if so, how?
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Razmišljaju li, osjećaju li, i ako da, kako?
00:27
So this afternoon, in my limited time,
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Tako sam ovo poslijepodne,
u kratkom vremenu,
u kratkom vremenu,
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I wanted to take the guesswork out of a lot of that
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htio prestati o tome nagađati
00:31
by introducing you to two dogs,
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predstavljajući vam dva psa,
00:34
both of whom have taken the command "speak"
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koja su oba shvatila zapovijed "govori"
00:39
quite literally.
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sasvim doslovno.
00:43
The first dog is the first to go,
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Kreće prvi pas koji
00:46
and he is contemplating an aspect
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razmišlja o aspektu
00:50
of his relationship to his owner,
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svog odnosa sa svojim vlasnikom,
00:52
and the title is "A Dog on His Master."
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a naslov je "Pas o Svom Gospodaru."
00:57
"As young as I look,
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"Koliko god izgledao mlado,
00:59
I am growing older faster than he.
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starim brže od njega.
01:02
Seven to one is the ratio, they tend to say.
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Sedam naprama jedan je omjer, kažu.
01:06
Whatever the number, I will pass him one day
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Koji god bio broj, preći ću ga jednog dana
01:09
and take the lead,
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i stati na čelo,
01:11
the way I do on our walks in the woods,
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kao što to činim tijekom
naših šetnji kroz šumu,
naših šetnji kroz šumu,
01:14
and if this ever manages to cross his mind,
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i ako mu to ikada uspije proći kroz glavu,
01:18
it would be the sweetest shadow
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bila bi to najslađa sjenka
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I have ever cast on snow or grass."
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koju sam ikada bacio na snijeg ili travu."
01:25
(Applause)
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(Pljesak)
01:28
Thank you.
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Hvala.
01:31
And our next dog
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Naš sljedeći pas
01:34
speaks in something called the revenant,
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obraća se u obliku duha
01:37
which means a spirit that comes back
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koji se vraća
01:39
to visit you.
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posjetiti vas.
01:43
"I am the dog you put to sleep,
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"Ja sam pas kojeg si uspavao,
01:47
as you like to call the needle of oblivion,
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kako voliš nazivati iglu zaborava,
01:50
come back to tell you this simple thing:
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vrativši se da ti samo kažem ovo:
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I never liked you."
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nikada mi se nisi sviđao."
01:55
(Laughter)
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(Smijeh)
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"When I licked your face,
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"Kada sam ti lizao lice,
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I thought of biting off your nose.
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razmišljao sam o tome da ti odgrizem nos.
02:02
When I watched you toweling yourself dry,
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Dok sam te promatrao kako se brišeš ručnikom,
02:05
I wanted to leap and unman you with a snap.
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želio sam skočiti i uškopiti te jednim ugrizom.
02:09
I resented the way you moved,
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Zamjerao sam ti kako se krećeš,
02:11
your lack of animal grace,
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tvoj nedostatak životinjske otmjenosti,
02:13
the way you would sit in a chair to eat,
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način na koji bi sjeo na stolicu da objeduješ,
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a napkin on your lap, a knife in your hand.
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ubrus na tvom krilu, nož u ruci.
02:20
I would have run away
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Bio bih pobjegao
02:22
but I was too weak,
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no bio sam preslab,
02:23
a trick you taught me
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trik koji si me naučio
02:25
while I was learning to sit and heel
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dok sam učio sjesti i biti uz nogu
02:28
and, greatest of insults,
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i, najveća od svih uvreda,
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shake hands without a hand.
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rukovati se bez ruke.
02:34
I admit the sight of the leash would excite me,
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Priznajem da bi me prizor uzice ushitio,
02:38
but only because it meant I was about to smell things
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ali samo zato što je
to značilo da ću uskoro omirisati stvari
to značilo da ću uskoro omirisati stvari
02:41
you had never touched.
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koje ti nikada nisi dodirnuo.
02:46
You do not want to believe this,
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Ne želiš to vjerovati,
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but I have no reason to lie:
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no nemam razloga lagati:
02:50
I hated the car, hated the rubber toys,
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mrzio sam auto, mrzio gumene igračke,
02:54
disliked your friends, and worse, your relatives.
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nisu mi se sviđali tvoji prijatelji, a još manje tvoji rođaci.
02:59
The jingling of my tags drove me mad.
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Izluđivalo me zveckanje mojih privjesaka.
03:03
You always scratched me in the wrong place."
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Uvijek si me češkao na pogrešnim mjestima."
03:06
(Laughter)
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(Smijeh)
03:08
"All I ever wanted from you was food and water
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"Sve što sam ikada htio
od tebe bila je hrana i voda
od tebe bila je hrana i voda
03:11
in my bowls.
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u mojim zdjelicama.
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While you slept, I watched you breathe
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Dok si spavao, promatrao sam te kako dišeš
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as the moon rose in the sky.
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dok se mjesec dizao na nebu.
03:17
It took all of my strength
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Trebala mi je sva snaga
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not to raise my head and howl.
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da ne podignem glavu i zatulim.
03:22
Now, I am free of the collar,
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Sada sam slobodan od ogrlice,
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free of the yellow raincoat,
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slobodan od žute kabanice,
03:27
monogrammed sweater,
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džempera s monogramom,
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the absurdity of your lawn,
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apsurda tvog travnjaka,
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and that is all you need to know about this place,
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i to je sve što trebaš znati o ovome mjestu,
03:35
except what you already supposed
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osim onoga što si već pretpostavio
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and are glad it did not happen sooner,
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i što ti je drago da se nije ranije dogodilo,
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that everyone here can read and write,
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da svatko ovdje može čitati i pisati,
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the dogs in poetry,
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psi u poeziji,
03:47
the cats and all the others
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mačke i svi ostali
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in prose."
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u prozi."
03:52
Thank you.
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Hvala.
03:54
(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
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