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Billy Collins: Two poems about what dogs think (probably)
Bili Kolins (Billy Collins): Dve pesme o tome šta psi (verovatno) misle
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Šta li misle naši psi kada gledaju u nas? Pesnik Bili Kolins zamišlja unutrašnje živote dva veoma različita saputnika. Ovo je šarmantan, kratak govor, savršen za pauzu 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 da li ste primetili
00:14
but there's been a spate of books
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ali postoji hrpa knjiga
00:16
that have come out lately
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koje su skoro izašle
00:17
contemplating or speculating
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i koje razmišljaju ili spekulišu
00:20
on the cognition and emotional life of dogs.
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o kogniciji i emocionalnom životu pasa.
00:24
Do they think, do they feel and, if so, how?
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Da li misle, da li osećaju,
i ako to rade, kako?
i ako to rade, kako?
00:27
So this afternoon, in my limited time,
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Ovog poslepodneva,
u svoje ograničeno vreme,
u svoje ograničeno vreme,
00:29
I wanted to take the guesswork out of a lot of that
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želeo sam da izbacim nagađanje
iz dosta toga
iz dosta toga
00:31
by introducing you to two dogs,
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tako što ću vas upoznati sa dva psa,
00:34
both of whom have taken the command "speak"
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koja su komandu "pričaj" shvatili
00:39
quite literally.
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prilično bukvalno.
00:43
The first dog is the first to go,
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Prvo će nastupti prvi pas
00:46
and he is contemplating an aspect
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i on razmišlja o aspektu
00:50
of his relationship to his owner,
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veze sa svojim vlasnikom,
00:52
and the title is "A Dog on His Master."
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i naziv je "Pas o svom gospodaru".
00:57
"As young as I look,
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"Koliko god izgledam 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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Kažu da je odnos sedam naspram jedan.
01:06
Whatever the number, I will pass him one day
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Koji god da je broj,
jednog dana ću ga prestići
jednog dana ću ga prestići
01:09
and take the lead,
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i preći u vođstvo,
01:11
the way I do on our walks in the woods,
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kao u našim šetnjama po šumi
01:14
and if this ever manages to cross his mind,
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i ako mu ova poruka ikada padne na um,
01:18
it would be the sweetest shadow
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biće to najlepša senka
01:20
I have ever cast on snow or grass."
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koju sam ikada bacio na sneg ili travu."
01:25
(Applause)
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(Aplauz)
01:28
Thank you.
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Hvala vam.
01:31
And our next dog
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Naš sledeći pas
01:34
speaks in something called the revenant,
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govori kao povraćenik,
01:37
which means a spirit that comes back
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što je duh koji se vraća
01:39
to visit you.
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da bi vas posetio.
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 ti nazivaš iglu zaborava,
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come back to tell you this simple thing:
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vraćam se da ti kažem
ovu jednostavnu stvar:
ovu jednostavnu stvar:
01:53
I never liked you."
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nikada mi se nisi dopadao".
01:55
(Laughter)
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(Smeh)
01:57
"When I licked your face,
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"Kada sam lizao tvoje lice,
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I thought of biting off your nose.
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pomišljao sam da ti odgrizem nos.
02:02
When I watched you toweling yourself dry,
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Kad sam gledao kako se brišeš peškirom,
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I wanted to leap and unman you with a snap.
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želeo sam da skočim
i da te u sekundi lišim muškosti.
i da te u sekundi lišim muškosti.
02:09
I resented the way you moved,
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Prezirao sam način na koji se krećeš,
02:11
your lack of animal grace,
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tvoj nedostatak
životinjske gracioznosti,
životinjske gracioznosti,
02:13
the way you would sit in a chair to eat,
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kako sediš u stolici da jedeš,
02:16
a napkin on your lap, a knife in your hand.
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sa salvetom u krilu i nožem u ruci.
02:20
I would have run away
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Pobegao bih
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but I was too weak,
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ali sam bio previše slab,
02:23
a trick you taught me
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to je trik kome si me naučio
02:25
while I was learning to sit and heel
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kada sam učio da sedim i budem k nozi,
02:28
and, greatest of insults,
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i najveća od svih uvreda,
02:30
shake hands without a hand.
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da se rukujem bez ruku.
02:34
I admit the sight of the leash would excite me,
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Priznajem da bi me
prizor povoca uzbudio,
prizor povoca uzbudio,
02:38
but only because it meant I was about to smell things
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ali samo zato što bi to značilo
da mogu da pomirišem stvari
da mogu da pomirišem stvari
02:41
you had never touched.
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koje ti nikad nisi dotakao.
02:46
You do not want to believe this,
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Ne želiš da veruješ u ovo,
02:47
but I have no reason to lie:
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ali nemam zašto da lažem:
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I hated the car, hated the rubber toys,
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mrzeo sam automobil,
mrzeo sam gumene igračke,
mrzeo sam gumene igračke,
02:54
disliked your friends, and worse, your relatives.
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nisam voleo tvoje prijatelje,
i još gore, tvoje rođake.
i još gore, tvoje rođake.
02:59
The jingling of my tags drove me mad.
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Zveckanje moje ogrlice me je izluđivalo.
03:03
You always scratched me in the wrong place."
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Uvek si me češkao na pogrešnom mestu.
03:06
(Laughter)
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(Smeh)
03:08
"All I ever wanted from you was food and water
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"Od tebe sam samo želeo hranu i vodu
03:11
in my bowls.
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u mojim činijama.
03:13
While you slept, I watched you breathe
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Dok si spavao, gledao sam te kako dišeš
03:15
as the moon rose in the sky.
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dok se mesec dizao na nebu.
03:17
It took all of my strength
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Morao sam da se trudim celim bićem
03:19
not to raise my head and howl.
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da ne uzdignem glavu i zavijam.
03:22
Now, I am free of the collar,
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Sada više nemam ogrlicu,
03:24
free of the yellow raincoat,
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nemam žutu kabanicu,
03:27
monogrammed sweater,
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džemper sa inicijalima,
03:29
the absurdity of your lawn,
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nema apsurdnosti 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 treba da znaš
o ovom mestu,
o ovom mestu,
03:35
except what you already supposed
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osim onoga što si već pretpostavio
03:38
and are glad it did not happen sooner,
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i što ti je drago
što se nije ranije desilo,
što se nije ranije desilo,
03:40
that everyone here can read and write,
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da ovde svi mogu da čitaju i pišu,
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the dogs in poetry,
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psi poeziju,
03:47
the cats and all the others
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a mačke i svi ostali
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in prose."
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pišu prozu.
03:52
Thank you.
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Hvala vam.
03:54
(Applause)
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(Aplauz)
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