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Billy Collins: Everyday moments, caught in time
Billy Collins: Každodenné momenty, zachytené v čase
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Billy Collins kombinuje suchý humor s umeleckou hĺbkou, keď hovorí o projekte, v ktorom sa v spolupráci so Sundance Channel zanimovalo niekoľko jeho básní. Päť z nich zahŕňa aj táto neuveriteľne zábavná a dojemná prezentácia - a nenechajte si ujsť humornú záverečnú báseň!
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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Billy Collins: Som tu preto, aby som vám dal
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your recommended dietary allowance
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vašu odporúčanú dennú dávku
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of poetry.
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poézie.
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And the way I'm going to do that
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A urobím to tak,
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is present to you
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že vám odprezentujem
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five animations
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päť animácií
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of five of my poems.
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piatich mojich básní.
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And let me just tell you a little bit of how that came about.
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Najprv mi dovoľte povedať vám, ako k tomu došlo.
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Because the mixing of those two media
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Pretože kombinovanie týchto dvoch médií
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is a sort of unnatural or unnecessary act.
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je tak trochu neprirodzené a nepotrebné.
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But when I was United States Poet Laureate --
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Ale keď som bol Národným básnikom Spojených štátov -
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and I love saying that.
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milujem, keď to môžem povedať.
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(Laughter)
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(Smiech)
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It's a great way to start sentences.
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Je to skvelý spôsob, ako začať vety.
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When I was him back then,
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Keď som ním vtedy bol,
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I was approached by J. Walter Thompson, the ad company,
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oslovila ma reklamná spoločnosť J. Walter Thompson,
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and they were hired
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ktorá bola svojím spôsobom najatá
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sort of by the Sundance Channel.
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Sundance Channel.
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And the idea was to have me record some of my poems
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Išlo o to, aby som nahral niektoré moje básne
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and then they would find animators
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a oni by potom našli animátorov,
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to animate them.
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ktorí by ich zanimovali.
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And I was initially resistant,
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Zo začiatku som sa tomu bránil,
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because I always think
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pretože som si vždy myslel,
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poetry can stand alone by itself.
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že poézia môže existovať sama o sebe.
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Attempts to put my poems to music
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Pokusy zhudobniť moje básne
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have had disastrous results,
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dopadli katastrofálne
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in all cases.
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vo všetkých prípadoch.
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And the poem, if it's written with the ear,
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A báseň, ak sa píše podľa ucha,
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already has been set to its own verbal music
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už do svojej vlastnej verbálnej hudby zhudobnená bola,
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as it was composed.
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keď bola vytvorená.
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And surely, if you're reading a poem
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A iste, ak čítate báseň,
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that mentions a cow,
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v ktorej sa spomína krava,
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you don't need on the facing page
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nepotrebujete mať na druhej strane
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a drawing of a cow.
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obrázok kravy.
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I mean, let's let the reader do a little work.
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Nech ten čitateľ urobí aspoň niečo sám.
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But I relented because it seemed like an interesting possibility,
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Ale ustúpil som, pretože to vyzeralo ako zaujímavá možnosť
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and also I'm like a total cartoon junkie
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a taktiež som od detstva
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since childhood.
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totálny maniak do kreslených filmov.
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I think more influential
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Myslím, že väčší vplyv
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than Emily Dickinson or Coleridge or Wordsworth
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než Emily Dickinson alebo Coleridge alebo Wordsworth
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on my imagination
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mali na moju predstavivosť
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were Warner Brothers, Merrie Melodies
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kreslené filmy Warner Brothers,
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and Loony Tunes cartoons.
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Merrie Melodies a Loony Tunes.
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Bugs Bunny is my muse.
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Bugs Bunny je mojou múzou.
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And this way poetry could find its way onto television of all places.
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A toto je spôsob, akým si poézia môže nájsť cestu na televízne obrazovky.
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And I'm pretty much all for poetry in public places --
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V podstate som za to, aby bola poézia na verejných miestach -
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poetry on buses, poetry on subways,
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poézia v autobusoch, poézia v metrách,
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on billboards, on cereal boxes.
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na billboardoch, na škatuliach od cereálií.
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When I was Poet Laureate, there I go again --
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Keď som bol Národným básnikom, a som znova pri tom -
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I can't help it, it's true --
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nedokážem si pomôcť, je to pravda -
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(Laughter)
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(Smiech)
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I created a poetry channel on Delta Airlines
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Vytvoril som pre Delta Airlines poetický kanál,
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that lasted for a couple of years.
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ktorý trval niekoľko rokov.
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So you could tune into poetry as you were flying.
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Takže keď ste leteli, mohli ste si naladiť poéziu.
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And my sense is,
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A mám pocit,
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it's a good thing to get poetry off the shelves
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že je dobré presunúť poéziu z políc
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and more into public life.
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viac do verejného života.
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Start a meeting with a poem. That would be an idea you might take with you.
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Začnite poradu básňou. Ten nápad by ste si z nej mohli odniesť.
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When you get a poem on a billboard or on the radio
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Keď sa k vám dostane báseň na billboarde alebo v rádiu,
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or on a cereal box or whatever,
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alebo na škatuli od cereálií, alebo hociako,
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it happens to you so suddenly
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stane sa vám to tak zrazu,
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that you don't have time
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že nemáte čas
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to deploy your anti-poetry deflector shields
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nasadiť si svoj "protipoetický štít",
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that were installed in high school.
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ktorý vám bol nainštalovaný na strednej škole.
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So let us start with the first one.
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Takže začnime s prvou básňou.
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It's a little poem called "Budapest,"
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Je to malá básnička s názvom "Budapešť,"
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and in it I reveal,
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a odhaľujem v nej,
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or pretend to reveal,
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alebo sa aspoň tvárim, že odhaľujem,
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the secrets of the creative process.
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tajomstvá kreatívneho procesu.
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(Video) Narration: "Budapest."
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(Video) Komentár: "Budapešť."
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My pen moves along the page
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Moje pero sa pohybuje po stránke
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like the snout of a strange animal
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ako rypák zvláštneho zvieraťa
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shaped like a human arm
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v tvare ľudskej ruky
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and dressed in the sleeve
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a oblečeného do rukáva
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of a loose green sweater.
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voľného zeleného svetra.
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I watch it sniffing the paper ceaselessly,
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Sledujem ako nepretržite oňucháva papier,
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intent as any forager
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sústredené ako nejaký zberač,
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that has nothing on its mind
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ktorý nemá na mysli nič
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but the grubs and insects
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len červy a hmyz,
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that will allow it to live another day.
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ktoré mu umožnia prežiť ďalší deň.
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It wants only to be here tomorrow,
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Chce len to, aby tu bolo zajtra,
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dressed perhaps
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možno oblečené
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in the sleeve of a plaid shirt,
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v rukáve kockovanej košele,
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nose pressed against the page,
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nos pritisnutý k papieru,
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writing a few more dutiful lines
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píšuci pár ďalších svedomitých riadkov,
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while I gaze out the window
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zatiaľ čo ja civím von oknom
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and imagine Budapest
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a predstavujem si Budapešť
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or some other city
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alebo nejaké iné mesto,
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where I have never been.
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v ktorom som nikdy nebol.
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BC: So that makes it seem a little easier.
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BC: Tam to vyznieva trochu jednoduchšie.
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(Applause)
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(Potlesk)
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Writing is not actually as easy as that for me.
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Písanie pre mňa v skutočnosti nie je také jednoduché.
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But I like to pretend that it comes with ease.
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Ale rád predstieram, že mi to ide hravo.
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One of my students came up after class, an introductory class,
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Raz za mnou po hodine, úvodnej hodine, prišla študentka,
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and she said, "You know, poetry is harder than writing,"
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a povedala, "Viete, poézia je ťažšia ako próza,"
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which I found both erroneous and profound.
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čo ja pokladám za mylné a dômyselné zároveň.
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(Laughter)
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(Smiech)
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So I like to at least pretend it just flows out.
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Takže rád aspoň predstieram, že to ide samo.
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A friend of mine has a slogan; he's another poet.
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Jeden môj kamarát, tiež je básnik, má heslo.
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He says that, "If at first you don't succeed,
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Hovorí, že "Ak na začiatku nie si úspešný,
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hide all evidence you ever tried."
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skry všetky dôkazy, že si sa snažil."
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(Laughter)
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(Smiech)
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The next poem is also rather short.
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Ďalšia báseň je tiež kratšia.
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Poetry just says a few things in different ways.
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Poézia len hovorí niekoľko vecí rôznymi spôsobmi.
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And I think you could boil this poem down to saying,
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Myslím, že táto báseň by sa dala zhrnúť príslovím,
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"Some days you eat the bear, other days the bear eats you."
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"Niekedy ješ ty medveďa, inokedy medveď žerie teba."
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And it uses the imagery
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A využíva symboliku nábytku
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of dollhouse furniture.
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domčeka pre bábiky.
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(Video) Narration: "Some Days."
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(Video) Komentár: "Niekedy."
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Some days
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Niekedy
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I put the people in their places at the table,
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usádzam ľudí na svoje miesta pri stole,
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bend their legs at the knees,
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ohnem im nohy v kolenách,
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if they come with that feature,
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ak sa to dá,
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and fix them into the tiny wooden chairs.
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a usadím ich do maličkých drevených stoličiek.
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All afternoon they face one another,
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Celé poobedie sa pozerajú jeden na druhého,
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the man in the brown suit,
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muž v hnedom obleku,
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the woman in the blue dress --
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žena v modrých šatách -
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perfectly motionless, perfectly behaved.
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dokonalo nehybní, dokonalo slušní.
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But other days I am the one
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Ale inokedy som ja ten,
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who is lifted up by the ribs
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kto je nadvihnutý za rebrá
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then lowered into the dining room of a dollhouse
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a potom položený do jedálne v domčeku pre bábiky,
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to sit with the others at the long table.
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aby tam sedel s ostatnými pri dlhom stole.
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Very funny.
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Veľmi smiešne.
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But how would you like it
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Ale ako by sa vám páčilo
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if you never knew from one day to the next
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ak by ste z jedného dňa na druhý nikdy nevedeli,
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if you were going to spend it
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či ho strávite
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striding around like a vivid god,
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vykračujúc si ako živý boh,
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your shoulders in the clouds,
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s ramenami v oblakoch,
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or sitting down there
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alebo sediac tam dolu
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amidst the wallpaper
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obklopený tapetou,
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staring straight ahead
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zízajúc rovno pred seba
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with your little plastic face?
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svojou malou umelou tvárou?
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(Applause)
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(Potlesk)
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BC: There's a horror movie in there somewhere.
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BC: Niekde v tom sa skrýva horor.
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The next poem is called forgetfulness,
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Ďalšia báseň sa volá "Zábudlivosť,"
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and it's really just a kind of poetic essay
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a je to v podstate len taká poetická úvaha
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on the subject of mental slippage.
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na tému mentálneho úpadku.
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And the poem begins
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Báseň začína
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with a certain species of forgetfulness
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istým druhom zábudlivosti,
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that someone called
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ktorý niekto nazval
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literary amnesia,
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literárna amnézia,
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in other words, forgetting the things that you have read.
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inými slovami, zabúdanie vecí, ktoré ste prečítali.
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(Video) Narration: "Forgetfulness."
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(Video) Komentár: "Zábudlivosť."
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The name of the author is the first to go,
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Prvé odíde meno autora,
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followed obediently
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poslušne nasledované
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by the title, the plot,
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názvom, zápletkou,
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the heartbreaking conclusion,
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srdcervúcim záverom,
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the entire novel,
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celým románom,
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which suddenly becomes one you have never read,
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ktorý sa zrazu stáva tým, ktorý si nikdy neprečítal,
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never even heard of.
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nikdy o ňom ani nepočul.
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It is as if, one by one,
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Je to akoby sa, jedna za druhou,
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the memories you used to harbor
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spomienky, ktoré si zvykol prechovávať,
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decided to retire to the southern hemisphere of the brain
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rozhodli odísť do dôchodku do južnej mozgovej hemisféry
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to a little fishing village
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do malej rybárskej dediny,
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where there are no phones.
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kde nie sú žiadne telefóny.
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Long ago,
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Dávno predtým
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you kissed the names of the nine muses good-bye
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si pobozkal na rozlúčku mená deviatich múz
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and you watched the quadratic equation
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a sledoval si, ako si kvadratická rovnica
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pack its bag.
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balí kufor.
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And even now,
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A aj teraz,
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as you memorize the order of the planets,
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keď sa učíš poradie planét,
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something else is slipping away,
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niečo iné sa vytráca,
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a state flower perhaps,
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možno kvetina štátu,
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the address of an uncle,
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strýkova adresa,
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the capital of Paraguay.
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hlavné mesto Paraguaja.
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Whatever it is
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Nech je to čokoľvek,
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you are struggling to remember,
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máš problém si spomenúť,
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it is not poised on the tip of your tongue,
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nemáš to už-už na jazyku,
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not even lurking
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ani to nečíha
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in some obscure corner
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v nejakom neznámom kúte
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of your spleen.
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tvojej sleziny.
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It has floated away
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Odplávalo to
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down a dark mythological river
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dolu temnou mytologickou riekou,
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whose name begins with an L
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ktorej meno začína na L,
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as far as you can recall,
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pokiaľ si dobre spomínaš,
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well on your own way to oblivion
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na tvojej vlastnej ceste do zabudnutia,
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where you will join those
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kde sa pripojíš k tým,
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who have forgotten even how to swim
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ktorí zabudli aj to ako plávať
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and how to ride a bicycle.
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a ako jazdiť na bicykli.
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No wonder you rise in the middle of the night
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Niet divu, že vstávaš uprostred noci,
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to look up the date of a famous battle
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aby si si vyhľadal dátum známej bitky
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in a book on war.
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v knihe o vojne.
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No wonder the Moon in the window
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Niet divu, že mesiac v okne sa,
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seems to have drifted out of a love poem
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zdá sa, vytratil z ľúbostnej básne,
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that you used to know by heart.
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ktorú si vedel naspamäť.
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(Applause)
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(Potlesk)
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BC: The next poem is called "The Country"
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BC: Ďalšia báseň sa volá "Vidiek"
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and it's based on,
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a je založená na tom,
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when I was in college
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že keď som bol na vysokej škole,
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I met a classmate who remains to be a friend of mine.
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stretol som spolužiaka, ktorý zostal mojím priateľom.
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He lived, and still does, in rural Vermont.
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Žil, a stále žije, vo vidieckom Vermonte.
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I lived in New York City.
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Ja som žil v New Yorku.
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And we would visit each other.
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A zvykli sme sa navštevovať.
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And when I would go up to the country,
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Keď som šiel na vidiek ja,
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he would teach me things like deer hunting,
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učil ma veci, ako je poľovanie na vysokú zver,
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which meant getting lost with a gun basically --
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čo v podstate znamená stratiť sa so zbraňou -
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(Smiech)
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and trout fishing and stuff like that.
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a chytanie pstruhov a také veci.
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And then he'd come down to New York City
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A potom prišiel on do New Yorku
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and I'd teach him what I knew,
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a ja som ho učil veci, ktoré som vedel ja,
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which was largely smoking and drinking.
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čo bolo prevažne fajčenie a pitie.
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(Laughter)
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(Smiech)
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And in that way we traded lore with each other.
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A tak sme si navzájom vymieňali tradície.
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The poem that's coming up
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Nasledujúca báseň
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is based on him trying to tell me a little something
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je založená na tom, ako sa mi snaží povedať niečo málo
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about a domestic point of etiquette
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o domácom bode etikety
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in country living
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života na vidieku,
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that I had a very hard time, at first, processing.
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ktorý som mal zo začiatku veľký problém spracovať.
09:24
It's called "The Country."
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Volá sa "Vidiek."
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(Video) Narration: "The Country."
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(Video) Komentár: "Vidiek."
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I wondered about you
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Premýšľal som nad tým, ako si mi povedal,
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when you told me never to leave
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aby som nikdy nenechával
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a box of wooden strike-anywhere matches
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škatuľku so zápalkami
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just lying around the house,
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len tak sa povaľovať po dome,
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because the mice might get into them
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pretože by sa do nej mohli dostať myši
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and start a fire.
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a spôsobiť požiar.
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But your face was absolutely straight
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No tváril si sa celkom vážne,
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when you twisted the lid down
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keď si odkrútil vrchnák
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on the round tin
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okrúhlej plechovky,
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where the matches, you said, are always stowed.
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kde sú zápalky, ako si povedal, vždy uložené.
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Who could sleep that night?
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Kto by v tú noc dokázal zaspať?
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Who could whisk away the thought
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Kto by dokázal zahnať myšlienku
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of the one unlikely mouse
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na jednu pochybnú myš
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padding along a cold water pipe
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cupitajúcu po vodovodnom potrubí
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behind the floral wallpaper,
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za kvetinovou tapetou,
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gripping a single wooden match
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zvierajúcu jednu drevenú zápalku
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between the needles of his teeth?
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medzi ihličkami jej zubov?
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Who could not see him rounding a corner,
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Kto by si nepredstavoval ako zabočí za roh,
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the blue tip scratching against rough-hewn beam,
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modrá hlavička sa škrtne o drsný trám,
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the sudden flare
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náhle vzplanutie
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and the creature, for one bright, shining moment,
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a tvor, na jeden jasný, žiarivý moment
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suddenly thrust ahead of his time --
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zrazu predbehol svoju dobu -
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now a fire-starter,
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teraz podpaľač,
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now a torch-bearer
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teraz nosič pochodne
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in a forgotten ritual,
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v zabudnutom rituáli,
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little brown druid
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malý hnedý druid
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illuminating some ancient night?
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osvetľujúci antickú noc?
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And who could fail to notice,
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A kto by si nevšimol
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lit up in the blazing insulation,
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zažnutie v planúcej izolácii,
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the tiny looks of wonderment
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drobné výrazy údivu
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on the faces of his fellow mice --
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na tvárach ostatných myší -
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one-time inhabitants
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niekdajších obyvateľov
10:46
of what once was your house in the country?
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toho, čo bolo kedysi tvojím domom na vidieku?
10:50
(Applause)
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(Potlesk)
10:53
BC: Thank you.
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BC: Ďakujem.
10:55
(Applause)
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(Potlesk)
10:57
Thank you. And the last poem is called "The Dead."
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Ďakujem. Posledná báseň sa volá "Mŕtvi."
11:00
I wrote this after a friend's funeral,
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Napísal som ju po pohrebe kamaráta,
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but not so much about the friend as something the eulogist kept saying,
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ale nie tak o ňom ako o niečom, čo hovorí chválorečník,
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as all eulogists tend to do,
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tak ako zvyknú všetci chválorečníci,
11:06
which is how happy the deceased would be
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že aký by bol zosnulý šťastný,
11:09
to look down and see all of us assembled.
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keby sa pozrel dolu a videl všetkých nás zúčastnených.
11:11
And that to me was a bad start to the afterlife,
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A to mi pripadalo ako zlý začiatok posmrtného života,
11:14
having to witness your own funeral and feel gratified.
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vidieť svoj vlastný pohreb a cítiť sa radostne.
11:17
So the little poem is called "The Dead."
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Takže táto básnička sa volá "Mŕtvi."
11:21
(Video) Narration: "The Dead."
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(Video) Komentár: "Mŕtvi."
11:23
The dead are always looking down on us,
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Mŕtvi sa na nás zhora stále pozerajú,
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they say.
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tvrdia.
11:28
While we are putting on our shoes or making a sandwich,
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Keď si obúvame topánky alebo robíme sendvič,
11:31
they are looking down
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pozerajú sa dolu na nás
11:33
through the glass-bottom boats of heaven
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skrz nebeské lode so skleneným dnom,
11:36
as they row themselves slowly
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popri tom, ako pomaly veslujú
11:38
through eternity.
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večnosťou.
11:40
They watch the tops of our heads
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Sledujú vrchy našich hláv
11:42
moving below on Earth.
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pohybujúce sa dolu na Zemi.
11:44
And when we lie down
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A keď si ľahneme
11:46
in a field or on a couch,
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na poli alebo na gauči,
11:48
drugged perhaps
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možno zdrogovaní
11:50
by the hum of a warm afternoon,
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šumom teplého poobedia,
11:53
they think we are looking back at them,
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myslia si, že sa pozeráme späť na nich,
11:56
which makes them lift their oars
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vďaka čomu dvíhajú svoje veslá
11:58
and fall silent
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a stíchnu
12:00
and wait like parents
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a čakajú ako rodičia,
12:03
for us to close our eyes.
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kým nezavrieme oči.
12:08
(Applause)
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(Potlesk)
12:15
BC: I'm not sure if other poems will be animated.
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BC: Nie som si istý, či zvyšné básne budú zanimované.
12:17
It took a long time --
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Zabralo to veľa času -
12:19
I mean, it's rather uncommon to have this marriage --
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myslím tým, že takéto spojenie je dosť neobvyklé -
12:22
a long time to put those two together.
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dať ich dokopy trvalo dlho.
12:24
But then again, it took us a long time
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Ale na druhej strane, dlho nám trvalo
12:26
to put the wheel and the suitcase together.
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dať dokopy aj koleso a kufor.
12:28
(Laughter)
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(Smiech)
12:31
I mean, we had the wheel for some time.
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Koleso už nejakú chvíľu máme.
12:34
And schlepping is an ancient and honorable art.
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A vláčenie je starodávne a ctihodné umenie.
12:37
(Laughter)
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(Smiech)
12:40
I just have time
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Mám ešte čas,
12:42
to read a more recent poem to you.
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aby som vám prečítal moju nedávnejšiu báseň.
12:45
If it has a subject,
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Ak má nejakú tému,
12:48
the subject is adolescence.
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tak je ňou dospievanie.
12:50
And it's addressed to a certain person.
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A je adresovaná určitej osobe.
12:52
It's called "To My Favorite 17-Year-Old High School Girl."
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Volá sa "Pre moju obľúbenú 17-ročnú stredoškoláčku."
12:58
"Do you realize that if you had started building the Parthenon
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"Uvedomuješ si, že ak by si začala stavať Parthenon
13:01
on the day you were born,
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v deň, keď si sa narodila,
13:03
you would be all done in only one more year?
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za rok by si bola hotová?
13:06
Of course, you couldn't have done that all alone.
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Pravdaže, nemohla by si to dokázať úplne sama.
13:08
So never mind;
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Takže nevadí,
13:10
you're fine just being yourself.
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si skvelá taká, aká si.
13:12
You're loved for just being you.
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Si milovaná za to, že si jednoducho sama sebou.
13:15
But did you know that at your age
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Ale vedela si, že v tvojom veku
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Judy Garland was pulling down 150,000 dollars a picture,
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Judy Garland zarábala 150 000 dolárov za film,
13:22
Joan of Arc was leading the French army to victory
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Johanka z Arku viedla francúzsku armádu k víťazstvu
13:26
and Blaise Pascal had cleaned up his room --
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a Blaise Pascal si upratal izbu -
13:29
no wait, I mean he had invented the calculator?
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nie počkať, chcel som povedať, že vynašiel kalkulačku?
13:33
Of course, there will be time for all that
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Pravdaže, na to bude v tvojom živote
13:35
later in your life,
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čas neskôr,
13:37
after you come out of your room
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po tom, ako vyjdeš zo svojej izby
13:39
and begin to blossom,
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a začneš dozrievať,
13:41
or at least pick up all your socks.
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alebo aspoň pozbieraš všetky svoje ponožky.
13:45
For some reason I keep remembering
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Z nejakého dôvodu si vždy spomeniem na to,
13:47
that Lady Jane Grey was queen of England
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že Lady Jane Grey bola kráľovnou Anglicka,
13:49
when she was only 15.
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keď mala len 15.
13:52
But then she was beheaded, so never mind her as a role model.
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Ale potom jej zoťali hlavu, takže nevadí, ju si za vzor neber.
13:55
(Laughter)
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(Smiech)
13:58
A few centuries later,
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O niekoľko storočí neskôr,
14:00
when he was your age,
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keď bol v tvojom veku,
14:02
Franz Schubert was doing the dishes for his family,
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Franz Schubert umýval riady po rodine,
14:06
but that did not keep him
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ale to ho nezastavilo pred tým,
14:08
from composing two symphonies, four operas
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aby ako mladík neskomponoval dve symfónie,
14:11
and two complete masses as a youngster.
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štyri opery a dve kompletné omše.
14:14
(Laughter)
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(Smiech)
14:16
But of course, that was in Austria
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Ale pravdaže, to bolo v Rakúsku
14:18
at the height of Romantic lyricism,
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na vrchole romantickej lyriky,
14:21
not here in the suburbs of Cleveland.
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nie tu, na predmestí Clevelandu.
14:23
(Laughter)
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(Smiech)
14:25
Frankly, who cares
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Úprimne povedané, koho trápi,
14:27
if Annie Oakley was a crack shot at 15
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či bola Annie Oakley ostrostrelkyňa v 15,
14:30
or if Maria Callas debuted as Tosca at 17?
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alebo či Maria Callas debutovala ako Tosca v 17?
14:34
We think you're special just being you --
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Myslíme si, že si jedinečná pre to, že si sama sebou -
14:37
playing with your food and staring into space.
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keď sa hráš s jedlom a civíš do neznáma.
14:40
(Laughter)
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(Smiech)
14:43
By the way,
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Mimochodom,
14:45
I lied about Schubert doing the dishes,
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klamal som, že Schubert umýval riad,
14:48
but that doesn't mean he never helped out around the house."
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ale to neznamená, že nikdy doma nepomáhal."
14:51
(Laughter)
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(Smiech)
14:53
(Applause)
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(Potlesk)
14:55
Thank you. Thank you.
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Ďakujem. Ďakujem.
14:58
(Applause)
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(Potlesk)
15:03
Thanks.
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Vďaka.
15:05
(Applause)
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(Potlesk)
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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