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Jackson Browne: A song inspired by the ocean
Jackson Browne: "Dacă aş putea fi oriunde"
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La TEDxGPGP, Jackson Browne cântă o melodie pe care a început să o scrie în aprilie anul trecut, la bordul Mission Blue Voyage, excursia inspirată de Sylvia Earle cu scopul de-a găsi căi de a salva oceanul. "Dacă aş putea fi oriunde", cântă el, "oriunde, chiar acum, aş fi aici"
Jackson Browne - Musician and activist
Jackson Browne has written and performed some of the most literate and moving songs in popular music -- and has defined a genre of songwriting charged with honesty, emotion and personal politics. Full bio
Jackson Browne has written and performed some of the most literate and moving songs in popular music -- and has defined a genre of songwriting charged with honesty, emotion and personal politics. Full bio
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Thank you.
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Mulțumesc.
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♫ Slide into the shimmering surface ♫
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Alunec în suprafaţa strălucitoare
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♫ between two worlds. ♫
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♫ dintre două lumi ♫
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♫ Standing at the center of time ♫
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♫ Stând în centrul timpului ♫
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♫ as it uncurls. ♫
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♫ pe măsură ce se despleteşte ♫
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♫ Cutting through the veil of illusion. ♫
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♫ Despicând vălul iluziei ♫
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♫ Moving beyond past conclusions. ♫
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♫ Depășind trecute concluzii ♫
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♫ Wondering if all my doubt and confusion will clear. ♫
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♫ Întrebându-mă dacă îndoiala şi confuzia se vor mistui ♫
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♫ If I could be anywhere, ♫
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♫ Dacă aş putea fi oriunde ♫
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♫ if I could be anywhere, ♫
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♫ Dacă aş putea fi oriunde ♫
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♫ if I could be anywhere right now, ♫
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♫ Dacă aş putea fi oriunde chiar acum ♫
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♫ I would want to be here. ♫
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♫ aş vrea să fiu aici ♫
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♫ Searching for the future ♫
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♫ Căutând viitorul ♫
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♫ among the things we're throwing away. ♫
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♫ printre lucrurile pe care le aruncăm ♫
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♫ Trying to see the world ♫
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♫ Încercând să zăresc lumea ♫
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♫ through the junk we produce everyday. ♫
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♫ printre gunoaiele pe care le producem în fiecare zi ♫
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♫ They say nothing lasts forever, ♫
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♫ Se spune că nimic nu durează o veşnicie ♫
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♫ but all the plastic ever made is still here. ♫
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♫ dar tot plasticul fabricat vreodată e încă aici ♫
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♫ And no amount of closing our eyes ♫
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♫ Şi nicio clipă a ochilor noştri închişi ♫
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♫ will make it disappear. ♫
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♫ nu îl va face să dispară ♫
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♫ If I could be anywhere, ♫
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♫ Dacă aş putea fi oriunde în timp ♫
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♫ if I could be anywhere, ♫
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♫ Dacă aş putea fi oriunde ♫
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♫ if I could be anywhere in history, ♫
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♫ Dacă aş putea fi oriunde în istorie ♫
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♫ I would want to be here. ♫
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♫ aş vrea să fiu aici ♫
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♫ The Romans, the Spanish ♫
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♫ Romanii, Spaniolii ♫
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♫ the British, the Dutch, ♫
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♫ Britanicii, Olandezii ♫
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♫ American exceptionalism, so out of touch. ♫
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♫ Excepţionalismul american atât de neatins ♫
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♫ The folly of empire repeating its course, ♫
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♫ Nebunia imperiului repetându-şi cursul ♫
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♫ imposing its will ♫
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♫ impunându-şi voinţa ♫
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♫ and ruling by force ♫
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♫ conducând prin forţă ♫
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♫ on and on through time. ♫
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♫ mereu şi mereu prin timp ♫
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♫ But the world can't take it very much longer. ♫
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♫ Dar lumea nu mai poate îndura prea mult ♫
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♫ We're not going to make it ♫
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♫ Nu vom reuși ♫
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♫ unless we're smarter and stronger. ♫
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♫ decât dacă suntem mai deştepţi şi mai puternici♫
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♫ The world is going to shake itself free of our greed ♫
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♫ Lumea se va elibera de lăcomia noastră ♫
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♫ somehow. ♫
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♫ cumva ♫
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♫ If I could be anywhere, ♫
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♫ Dacă aş putea fi oriunde ♫
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♫ if I could be anywhere in time, ♫
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♫ Dacă aş putea fi oriunde în timp ♫
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♫ if I could be anywhere and change things, ♫
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♫ Dacă aş putea fi oriunde să schimb lucrurile ♫
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♫ it would have to be now. ♫
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♫ va trebui să fie acum ♫
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♫ They say nothing last forever, ♫
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♫ Se spune că nimic nu durează o veşnicie ♫
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♫ but all the plastic ever made is still here. ♫
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♫ Dar tot plasticul fabricat vreodată e încă aici ♫
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♫ And no amount of closing our eyes ♫
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♫ Şi nicio clipă a ochilor noştri închişi ♫
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♫ will make it disappear. ♫
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♫ nu îl va face să dispară ♫
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♫ And the world can't take it ♫
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♫ Şi lumea nu va mai îndura ♫
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♫ very much longer. ♫
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♫ prea mult ♫
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♫ We're not going to make it ♫
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♫ Nu vom reuși ♫
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♫ unless we're smarter and stronger. ♫
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♫ decât dacă suntem mai deştepţi şi mai puternici ♫
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♫ The world's gonna shake itself free of our greed ♫
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♫ Lumea se va elibera de lăcomia noastră ♫
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♫ somehow. ♫
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♫ cumva ♫
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♫ And the world can't take it, that you can see. ♫
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♫ Lumea nu va mai suporta, precum vedeţi ♫
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♫ If the oceans don't make it, neither will we. ♫
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♫ Dacă oceanele nu supraviețuiesc, atunci nici noi ♫
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♫ The world's gonna shake itself all the way free ♫
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♫ Lumea se va elibera până la urmă ♫
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♫ somehow. ♫
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♫ cumva ♫
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♫ If I could be anywhere, ♫
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♫ Dacă aş putea fi oriunde ♫
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♫ if I could be anywhere in time, ♫
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♫ Dacă aş putea fi oriunde în timp ♫
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♫ if I could be anywhere and change the outcome, ♫
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♫ Dacă aş putea să fiu oriunde să schimb rezultatul ♫
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♫ it would have to be now. ♫
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♫ va trebui să fie acum ♫
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Thank you.
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Vă mulțumesc.
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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Jackson Browne - Musician and activistJackson Browne has written and performed some of the most literate and moving songs in popular music -- and has defined a genre of songwriting charged with honesty, emotion and personal politics.
Why you should listen
Since his debut album in 1972, Jackson Browne has written some of the most literate and moving songs in popular music. Inducted into both the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and the Songwriter’s Hall of Fame, he's defined a genre of songwriting charged with honesty, emotion and personal politics. He has released 19 albums; his latest, Love Is Strange featuring David Lindley, was released last year.
Browne has combined his four-decade-long music career with a passionate commitment to social and environmental justice. He's a co-founder of the groups Musicians United for Safe Energy (MUSE), Nukefree.org, and the Success Through the Arts Foundation, which provides education opportunities for students in South Central Los Angeles.
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